Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle has some simple advice for investors: Invest — and don’t peek. “Nothing,” Bogle tells Canada’s Globe and Mail when asked what keeps him awake at night. “Just invest, and don’t peek. Don’t open your retirement plan contribution statements every quarter. Put in money regularly, and when you retire 40 or 50 years […]
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Favorite Charts from Bogle, Wien, and Others
December 26, 2012 
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Business Insider recently asked a number of strategists to discuss their “favorite charts of 2012,” and some of the gurus participating offered some very interesting data. Byron Wien of Blackstone Partners, for example, provided a chart that showed the pace at which the money supply has expanded vs. the rate at which gross domestic product […]
Read moreBogle Talks Election, Dollar-Cost Averaging
November 7, 2012 0 Comments
Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle says the Presidential Election will ultimately have little impact on stocks. Bogle tells FOX Business Network that companies’ economic performance over the long run is what really drives stock returns, and “that’s not going to change [on Election night], it’s not going to change tomorrow.” Bogle also talks about why he […]
Read moreWhat Bogle Sees For Stocks & Bonds In The Next Decade
October 29, 2012 0 Comments
Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle says he expects stocks to earn real returns of about 4.5% per year for the next decade, and bonds to earn virtually no real return. Bogle divides returns into two categories: investment returns, which are determined by the market’s dividend yield and corporate earnings growth, and speculative returns. Today’s dividend yield is around […]
Read moreBogle: Stop Gambling and Invest
October 18, 2012 0 Comments
In a recent interview, Vanguard founder Jack Bogle said investors should “get out of the casino”, and practice real investing — not speculative trading. “Get out of the casino, own Corporate America and hold it forever,” Bogle, long a proponent of buy-and-hold index funds, said during ‘The Big Interview’ on MoneyLife with Chuck Jaffe, according […]
Read moreBonds Very Unlikely to Beat Stocks over Next Decade, Says Bogle
October 9, 2012 0 Comments
While bonds have performed very well in recent years, Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle says the odds are very high that stocks will outperform bonds over the next decade. “I think the odds that stocks will give a higher return than bonds over the next decade are probably 85 to 90 percent,” Bogle said on CNBC’s […]
Read moreBogle: China “Sinking”, U.S. Best Developed Market
September 25, 2012 0 Comments
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says the U.S. is faring better than the rest of the world, and that China’s economy is “sinking quite a bit” right now. “The fact of the matter is our economy, U.S. GDP, is the best performer in the developed world by a good margin and the rest of the world […]
Read moreBogle: Don’t Overreact to ECB Plan
September 7, 2012 0 Comments
While investors have turned quite bullish after the European Central Bank said it would initiate a bond-buying program to help stabilize Europe’s financial system, Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says they shouldn’t overreact. “I think the market generally takes these things far too seriously,” Bogle told CNBC. “When the ECB chairman says he will do ‘whatever […]
Read moreBogle: Equities Aren’t Dead
August 23, 2012 0 Comments
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says he doesn’t think the “cult of equities” is dead, but has a slightly below-average outlook for stocks. “If the culture of equities is dead, it’s much more likely to indicate a great buying opportunity more than anything else,” Bogle tells CNBC in reference to Bill Gross’s claim about the “cult […]
Read moreBogle: Stand Pat Amid Downgrades
June 22, 2012 0 Comments
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says that investors shouldn’t overreact to the news about Moody’s downgrading 15 banks and financial firms, and says Thursday’s big down day for the market was a great day for buyers and a bad day for sellers. Bogle tells CNBC that most investors should stand pat and stick to their long-term […]
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