John C. Bogle

The mutual fund industry has been built, in a sense, on witchcraft.

— John C. Bogle

The idea that a bell rings to signal when investors should get into or out of the stock market is simply not…

— John C. Bogle

What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle of fiduciary duty - encapsulated by the phrase 'no man can…

— John C. Bogle

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

It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it.

— John C. Bogle

I don't like going into stores, I don't like the whole process of buying things.

— John C. Bogle

Diversification has been, and balance, like Wellington, has been so drummed into me, it's part of my personality.

— John C. Bogle

In an ideal world, Adam Smith-like, individuals would recognize what they need to do in their own self-interest, and they will make…

— John C. Bogle

Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at…

— John C. Bogle

We have moved from treating funds as investment trusts designed to serve their owner-beneficiaries to treating funds as consumer products, designed to…

— John C. Bogle

There's no perfection in family life, and certainly we aren't perfect, but we're probably about as close as we can be.

— John C. Bogle

“Investors need to understand not only the magic of compounding long-term returns, but the tyranny of compounding costs; costs that ultimately overwhelm…

— John C. Bogle

Reversion to the mean is the iron rule of the financial markets.

— John C. Bogle

Regardless of what happens in the markets, stick to your investment program. Changing your strategy at the wrong time can be the…

— John C. Bogle

I believe - deeply and profoundly - that speculation is a loser's game.

— John C. Bogle

The grim irony of investing is that we investors as a group not only don't get what we pay for, we get…

— John C. Bogle

Central to the effective functioning of early capitalism was the fundamental principle of trusting and being trusted.

— John C. Bogle

If your fund doesn't last for the long term, how can you invest for the long term?

— John C. Bogle

Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!

— John C. Bogle

"Now you can trade the S&P 500 Index in real time" was the slogan in the newspapers for the first ETF. What…

— John C. Bogle

We need a federal government commission to study the way our financial services system is working - I believe it is working…

— John C. Bogle

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

Net return is simply the gross return of your investment portfolio less the costs you incur. Keep your investment expenses low, for…

— John C. Bogle

Enjoy the magic of compounding returns. Even modest investments made in one's early 20s are likely to grow to staggering amounts over…

— John C. Bogle

We must work to establish a 'fiduciary society,' where manager/agents entrusted with managing other people's money are required - by federal statute…

— John C. Bogle