John C. Bogle · 1929-2019

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Vanguard's John Bogle on Starting the First Index Fund

Four minutes on why the first index fund for ordinary investors got built - and why Wall Street laughed at first.

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Indexing · costs · behavior · Vanguard

Indexing

index funds · S&P 500 · passive investing · market average

Own the market, not a stock tip. Talks and papers on why matching an index beat most stock-pickers over decades.

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Costs & Fees

expense ratio · fund fees · low-cost investing · cost matters

Fees compound against you. Sources where Bogle hammers expense ratios, turnover costs, and who actually keeps the return.

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Market Timing

buy and hold · market timing risk · stay invested · volatility

Jumping in and out of markets is a hard game to win. Material on why sitting tight usually beats the stopwatch.

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Investor Behavior

investor psychology · behavior gap · panic selling · discipline

The mirror problem: investors, not markets, often wreck returns. Pieces on fear, greed, and sticking to a plan.

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Vanguard

Vanguard Group · mutual ownership · Jack Bogle · fund company

How Vanguard’s mutual structure put fund shareholders first. History, speeches, and the firm’s early years.

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Mutual Funds

mutual funds · fund shareholders · active vs passive · fund industry

The mutual-fund machine from the inside. Critiques of salesmanship, stewardship, and what funds owe owners.

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ETFs

ETF · exchange-traded fund · index ETF · trading costs

Index ideas in a tradable wrapper. Where Bogle praised ETFs for cost - and warned about day-trading them.

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Diversification

diversification · total stock market · asset allocation · risk spread

Don’t bet the farm on one name. Sources on broad ownership, balancing risk, and spreading exposure.

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Long-Term Investing

long-term investing · compound returns · time in market · patient capital

Time is the quiet ally. Lectures on compounding, patience, and ignoring short-term noise.

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Retirement

retirement investing · 401k · Social Security · drawdown

Saving years and spending years. Practical talk on pensions, nest eggs, and keeping costs low after work.

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Financial Markets

financial markets · Wall Street · capital markets · speculation

Markets as a scoreboard, not a casino. Commentary on speculation vs investment and how Wall Street gets paid.

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Bogleheads

Bogleheads · DIY investing · investor community · Bogle Center

The community that took the message and ran with it. Forums, conferences, and plain-English investing culture.

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Story

Career in turns

1929 to 2019 · six public milestones

1929Born in Montclair, New Jersey
1951Princeton thesis · joins Wellington
1974Founds The Vanguard Group
1976First index mutual fund for individuals
1996Steps down as Vanguard CEO
2019Dies at 89

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First Index Mutual Fund, Heresy to Dogma, cost arithmetic, and landmark interviews - from the curated mind map.

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book2018primary

Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution

John Wiley & Sons · vanguard

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interview2018primary

Vanguard's John Bogle on Starting the First Index Fund

Investopedia · indexing

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book2017primary

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

John Wiley & Sons · indexing

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book2010primary

Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life

John Wiley & Sons · investor-behavior

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speech2005official

In Investing, You Get What You Don’t Pay For

The World Money Show · long-term-investing

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speech2005official

The Chief Cornerstone

The Superbowl of Indexing · indexing

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