Customer Quote by John C. Bogle

Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.

— 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 credible. After…

— John C. Bogle

The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.

— Barry Ritholtz

Among my greatest disappointments about the mutual fund industry - in addition to excessive costs and excessive focus on the short-term - is that…

— John C. Bogle

The fund scandals shined the spotlight on the fact that mutual fund managers were putting their interests ahead of the fund shareholders who trusted…

— John C. Bogle

Millions of mutual-fund investors sleep well at night, serene in the belief that superior outcomes result from pooling funds with like-minded investors and engaging…

— David F. Swensen

Index funds are the only rational alternative for almost all mutual fund investors.

— Mark Hulbert

Plenty of funds have fine long-term returns despite being tax-inefficient and generally costly. But a dirty secret is this: Average, no-load fund investors do…

— Kenneth Fisher

The objective of the customer is not being met if the fund managers are diversifying their assets into hundreds of businesses. If they do…

— Michael Lee-Chin

Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about…

— Barry Ritholtz

If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will…

— Anthony Goldbloom

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

— Barry Ritholtz