Jack Bogle covers a wide variety of topics in a recent interview with The Motley Fool, including just what the “long-term” in “long-term investing” should mean, why traders usually lose out, asset allocation, and whether the S&P 500 is a “good” index. Bogle’s belief that that the best approach for individual investors is to hold [...]
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Bogle on Valuations, the Economy, and Where to Invest Now
June 1, 2009
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In a recent interview with MarketWatch, John Bogle says he thinks the market “probably has it about right” in terms of current valuations, but adds that investors should expect slower growth than they’ve grown accustomed to when the economy does turn around. “I would guess the market probably has it about right,” Bogle said. “I [...]
Read moreBogle: Recession Will Be Long, But Market Bottom Has To Be Near
February 27, 2009
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Vanguard Founder John Bogle continues to see a lengthy period of continued pain ahead for the U.S. economy — but now he says the stock market has to be getting near a bottom. Bogle, who in mid-November of 2007 — just weeks before the current recession began — said there was a 75 percent chance [...]
Read moreBogle: Don’t Forget These Lessons Next Time
January 9, 2009
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Investing legend John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group of Mutual Funds, writes in a guest column for The Wall Street Journal that investors continually ignore lessons of the past, which cost many dearly last year. Bogle offers six such lessons that we should not forget moving forward:
Read moreBogle: Earnings Will Come Back Strong
December 19, 2008
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John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, tells PBS’ Darren Gersh that he expects corporate earnings will come back stronger than the 5 percent average growth they’ve exhibited over the past century as they revert toward their mean. Bogle didn’t say exactly when he expects the earnings rebound to begin. But he does say he [...]
Read moreBogle: Help For Mortgage Holders Is What We Need
December 11, 2008
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In an interview with CNBC’s Erin Burnett, John Bogle, The Vanguard Group founder & former CEO, shares his thoughts on the mortgage crisis. He says that the TARP program hasn’t even begun to address how to buy trouble assets from banks. Instead, he says, it has focused on injecting capital into institutions. Bogle thinks that [...]
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