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Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition

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Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition by John C. Bogle is a comprehensive guide examining the principles of mutual fund investing. The author provides insights into optimising portfolios, explains various investment strategies, and highlights the importance of understanding the costs, risks, and performance metrics in mutual fund investing. The book is tailored for both novice investors and those seeking to enhance their financial strategies with prudent and sensible advice.
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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in understanding mutual fund investing with insights from the founder of an investment company known for index funds. It offers practical wisdom on navigating the investment landscape, emphasising the importance of low costs, long-term investing, and keeping investment strategies simple. If you're looking to deepen your knowledge of finance and gain a sound strategy for mutual fund investment, this might be an engaging read for you.

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Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition

John Bogle is a revolutionary pioneer of championing better funds at lower costs to investors. This Second Edition is updated to fully reflect structural and regulatory changes in the industry since he published his first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds.

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John C. Bogle shares his extensive insights on investing in mutual funds

Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle. Now, in this completely updated Second Edition, Bogle returns to take another critical look at the mutual fund industry and help investors navigate their way through the staggering array of investment alternatives that are available to them.

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource examines the fundamentals of mutual fund investing in today's turbulent market environment and offers timeless advice in building an investment portfolio. Along the way, Bogle shows you how simplicity and common sense invariably trump costly complexity, and how a low-cost, broadly diversified portfolio is virtually assured of outperforming the vast majority of Wall Street professionals over the long term.

  • Written by respected mutual fund industry legend John C. Bogle
  • Discusses the timeless fundamentals of investing that apply in any type of market
  • Reflects on the structural and regulatory changes in the mutual fund industry
  • Other titles by Bogle: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing and Enough.

Securing your financial future has never seemed more difficult, but you'll be a better investor for having read the Second Edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds.

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John C. Bogle's Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition is lauded for its articulate guidance on navigating the complex world of mutual funds, emphasising the value of index fund investing. Reviewers highlight Bogle's clear, engaging style and his steadfast advocacy for low-cost indexing as a reliable long-term investment strategy, supported by a decade of data and analysis. The book is praised for its thorough examination of past predictions and investment wisdom, making it a seminal read for both novice and seasoned investors.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470138137

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 January 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

  • Foreword by David F. Swensen

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 41.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 885g

Pages: 656

About the Author

John C. Bogle is founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and President of its Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as chairman and chief executive officer until 1996 and senior chairman until 2000. In 1999, Fortune magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the four "Investment Giants" of the twentieth century; in 2004, Time named him one of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people; and Institutional Investor presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Bogle is also the author of Enough. and The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, both published by Wiley.

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