Net return is simply the gross return of your investment portfolio less the costs you incur. Keep your investment expenses low, for the tyranny of compounding costs can devastate the miracle of compounding returns. — 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
When you're young, you've got plenty of time to recover from your mistakes. — John C. Bogle Copy Share
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
Successful investing is about owning businesses and reaping the huge rewards provided by the dividends and earnings growth of our nation's - and, for… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
Without getting into brothels, there are ethical capitalists the problem is that there aren't enough of them. It is not "just a few bad… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
The average hedge fund manager is going to earn zero per cent in extra return. — John C. Bogle Copy Share
