John C. Bogle
American investor and money manager (1929-2019) · United States · Investors · Died at 89
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Something wrong?He built Vanguard and made the index fund a household instrument - the argument that most investors shouldn't try to beat the market, they should own all of it for next to nothing and wait.
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John Clifton Bogle was born May 8, 1929, and spent decades managing money before founding The Vanguard Group, where he turned a simple idea into doctrine: buy a low-cost fund that tracks the entire US market, hold it for life, reinvest the dividends, and ignore the noise. It was investment as patience, not speculation as sport, and it meant slashing broker fees wherever possible. His 1999 book Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor became a bestseller and a classic in the field. He died January 16, 2019, having convinced millions that doing less - and paying less - was the smarter bet.
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