“Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner's game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser's game.” — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I believe that the mutual fund industry's biggest shortcoming is too much focus on the momentary price of a stock - an… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors, and manager selection. Only stock market risk remains. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
It seems to me - particularly for these retirement-plan investors, the vast majority of whom are not particularly financially sophisticated - by… — 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 spend about half of my time wondering why I have so much in stocks and about half wondering why I have… — 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
I would advise someone who has just retired to be something in the broad range of 50/50 stocks and bonds. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The multiple failings of our flawed financial sector are jeopardizing, not only the retirement security of our nation's savers but the economy… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I think average investors should not trade a lot. The evidence is overpowering. The more you trade, the less you earn. — 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
