John bogle, founder of the vanguard group, listens during an interview at the associated press on in new york on may 20, 2008. Join facebook to connect with john vogel and others you may know. John bogle is the founder of the vanguard group and a longtime champion of investing in index funds. Bogles most popular book is the intelligent investor. In his final days, though, bogle still wasnt convinced, addressing the issue in his final book, stay the course, the story of vanguard and the index revolution wiley, 2018.
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The little book of common sense investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. John clifton jack bogle may 8, 1929 january 16, 2019 was an american investor. John bogle, who popularized the lowcost indexbased mutual fund as founder of vanguard group inc. Clients are allowed access to vanguards exchangetraded funds, thousands of stocks and bonds and cds, options, and investments on margin. Jack was an original industry thought leader, says john odonnell, director of. Vanguard founder jack bogle on whats next for the stock. Prince rathian is the imperatoror supreme commander of the vanguard. This article is adapted from his new book, stay the course. The bestselling investing bible offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives. Vanguard group founder john bogle makes a point during an interview at his office on the vanguard campus, near valley forge, pennsylvania, january 16, 2003. Vanguards john bogle says enough the founder and former ceo of the vanguard group shares his views on executive compensation, wall street.
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