Comments on: Book Review: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

By: DALBAR Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior Study Findings for 2009 | Canadian Capitalist

Tue, 12 May 2009 14:20:05 +0000

[...] have confirmed DALBAR’s findings. John Bogle in The Little Book of Commonsense Investing (read review here) calls it the grand illusion — the returns reported by mutual funds aren’t actually [...]

By: Bogle expects stocks to return 10%

Bogle expects stocks to return 10% — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:10:31 +0000

[...] bear market to boost the expected return from stocks. In The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (review), published last year, John Bogle projected an average annual return of 7 percent over the next ten [...]

By: My Top Ten Money Books

My Top Ten Money Books — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:30:34 +0000

[...] The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle. The founder of Vanguard Group has penned another ode to indexing. (Full Review) [...]

By: Mihai

Mihai — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:37:28 +0000

“The Four Pillars of Investment” by Bernstein.
Yes, the best book I’ve ever read about investing.
I wish I had read it before I started investing and perhaps I would not have lost so much money.

By: Efficient Market Theory and Indexing

Efficient Market Theory and Indexing — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:14:05 +0000

[...] beating the index consistently is extraordinarily difficult because investors have to overcome what John Bogle calls the relentless logic of humble arithmetic – investors, on average, can only earn the returns that the market Gods provide less expenses. Thus [...]

By: Gordon Pape on Sleep-Easy Investing - The Wealthy Boomer

Gordon Pape on Sleep-Easy Investing - The Wealthy Boomer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:33:04 +0000

[...] I side with John Bogle on this, where he issues similar criticisms in his recently published “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.” Bogle is in favor of the early generation of very broadly based ETFs that cover for example, the [...]

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Christmas Gift Ideas — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:52:18 +0000

[...] The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: John Bogle, the founder of US mutual fund giant Vanguard has written one of the best introductions to investing (full review). [...]

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:30:14 +0000

I’ve worked (Computer tech support) for over 12 years and John Bogle is my Hero. The man is such a saint, and tells it always like it is, with a smile and a hug for every investor. It was a shame when he was pushed aside by the new administration at age 70. His book is a revolution, hence it’s “Little Red” ness. He always has, and always will look out for us small investors. Find, Buy, Borrow or check out from your library this book. He’s not in it for the money, as he has more than enough. He’s the Warren Buffet of the Mutual Fund industry. A respected sage and father figure. May the Almighty ( Dollar and entities) both bless him.

By: Investoid

Investoid — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:58:04 +0000

Mike and CC: thanks for the elaboration. I agree with Mike; in terms of a long-term investor’s standpoint though, who cares what other people are doing with ETFs? As long as it trades reasonably close to NAV over time it doesn’t really matter. Let day traders do what they will, as long as it doesn’t materially affect the stock price beyond NAV changes.

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:56:40 +0000

Mike: Thanks for the “Four Pillars” tip. I’ve just made a request at the public library.