Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The key aspect of an index fund is that many of them, not all of them, but many of them are extremely… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
We can extrapolate from the study that for the long term individual investor who maintains a consistent asset allocation and leans toward… — Roger G. Ibbotson Copy Share Image
By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%. — Charles R. Schwab Copy Share Image
While it is probably a poor idea to own actively managed funds in general, it is truly a terrible idea to own… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors. My mentor, Ben Graham, took this… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of picking stocks, I have to admit that Bogle's arguments in favor of the index fund have me thinking… — Jim Cramer Copy Share Image
I was involved with Wells Fargo Bank as a consultant in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when I suggested to them… — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
I am a huge, huge, huge fan of index funds. They are the investor’s best friend and Wall Street’s worst nightmare. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Index funds have regularly produced rates of return exceeding those of active managers by close to 2 percentage points. Active management as… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
Index funds are... tax friendly, allowing investors to defer the realization of capital gains or avoid them completely if the shares are… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
Still, I figure we shouldn't' discourage fans of actively managed funds. With all their buying and selling, active investors ensure the market… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Invest in low-turnover, passively managed index funds... and stay away from profit-driven investment management organizations... The mutual fund industry is a colossal… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Experience conclusively shows that index-fund buyers are likely to obtain results exceeding those of the typical fund manager, whose large advisory fees… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Assuming that the future is like the past, you can outperform 80 percent of your fellow investors over the next several decades… — Mark Hulbert Copy Share Image
... skepticism about past returns is crucial. The truth is, much as you may wish you could know which funds will be… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0.6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Our standard prescription for the know-nothing investor with a long-term time horizon is a no-load index fund. I think that works better… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate… — Jonathan Davis Copy Share Image
