I do think that impact investing is not that effective. Shares go from investor A to investor B, and the company doesn't… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Successful investing is about owning businesses and reaping the huge rewards provided by the dividends and earnings growth of our nation's -… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Ask yourself: Am I an investor, or am I a speculator? An investor is a person who owns business and holds it… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs or international conglomerateurs, or large financial institutions buy or create mutual fund management companies to create a return on their own… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
While we would typically encourage young people to start saving for the future as early as possible, it's unlikely that a budding… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Working for company X and having a substantial portion of your retirement plan in company X is simply exposing yourself to too… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The business has some problems, substantial problems. You go fix it, you young people. That's what you're there for. Don't believe what… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I would always advise young people to follow their star - not my star. They have to live their own life. If… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street,… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The rewards of my life have been great. I built a company; I left things better than I found them. I have… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The general systems of money management today require people to pretend to do something they can't do and like something they don't.… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
If you're very talented and keep winning, you'll do just fine. It may take a while. But the talent is hard to… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Sure there are some companies at the margins of our society that probably do that and I think we all have the… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert on Islam, but I think there are lots of noble religions whose basic principles could stand considerably more… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
While the interests of the business are served by the aphorism 'Don't just stand there. Do something!' the interests of investors are… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I really am an entrepreneur. I'm not much of a businessman. I know I'm not a marketing guy. I… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“As I have earlier noted, the most important things in life and in business can’t be measured. The trite bromide 'If you… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
In the long run, investing is not about markets at all. Investing is about enjoying the returns earned by businesses. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I think high turnover is definitively the investor's enemy, so you don't want to bring a high-turnover philosophy to this business. You… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The basic idea of retirement income is, to me, to get a check, two checks every month, one from your fixed income and one… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When you're young, you've got plenty of time to recover from your mistakes. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I almost hate to say how proud I am of my career and, most of all, helping folks get the returns they deserve. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The Vanguard Experiment was designed to prove that mutual funds could operate independently, and do so in a manner that would directly benefit their… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Learning is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful. If a man empties his… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I liked the so-called Volcker Rule. I would have separated investment banking and commercial, deposit banking, as we did under the Glass-Steagal Act. I… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They buy a… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for any particular segment of the stock market to sustain superior performance. The watch word for our financial markets is, "reversion… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I do think that impact investing is not that effective. Shares go from investor A to investor B, and the company doesn't even know… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I was born in an earlier generation and, as a group, my classmates at Blair Academy and Princeton University were as ethical, straightforward, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
