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Investing is not nearly as dif...

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Learn every day, but especiall...

Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Time is your friend; impulse i...

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Reversion to the mean is the i...

Reversion to the mean is the iron rule of the financial markets.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

The principal role of the mutu...

The principal role of the mutual fund is to serve its investors.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Rely on the ordinary virtues t...

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

The mistakes we make as invest...

The mistakes we make as investors is when the market's going up, we think it's going to go up forever. When the market goes down, we think it's going to go down forever. Neither of those things actually happen. Doesn't do anything forever. It's by the moment.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

You know the rule of 72, divid...

You know the rule of 72, divide the number into 72, any number you want, and that's how long it will take your money to double.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

We are facing incredible chall...

We are facing incredible challenges in the economy of the U.S. and the economy of the globe, but the stock market, we never know whether it's over-discounted or under-discounted or got exactly right its anticipation.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Speculation leads you the wron...

Speculation leads you the wrong way. It allows you to put your emotions first, whereas investment gets emotions out of the picture.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Ask yourself: Am I an investor...

Ask yourself: Am I an investor, or am I a speculator? An investor is a person who owns business and holds it forever and enjoys the returns that U.S. businesses, and to some extent global businesses, have earned since the beginning of time. Speculation is betting on price. Speculation has no place in the portfolio or the kit of the typical investor.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

In Las Vegas we all know that ...

In Las Vegas we all know that it's the croupiers who win. At the race track, it's those who control the handle who win. State lotteries, does anybody think the participants in the lottery win? No. The state wins.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

The transfer of Wall Street fr...

The transfer of Wall Street from private ownership to public ownership has been a big step backward.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

So the misplaced assumption is...

So the misplaced assumption is that we have this whole new institutional element where these [financial] institutions are looking after their own financial interests before the financial interests of the principals, princi-pals whose interests they are really bound to observe first.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

My biggest prediction for the ...

My biggest prediction for the future is that people are going to start looking after individual investors.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Yes, the investor is often his...

Yes, the investor is often his own worst enemy. Yes, the marketing colossus known as the mutual fund industry provides the weaponry which enables investors' to indulge their suicidal instincts. No, the fund industry was hardly an innocent bystander in the market boom and the subsequent carnage. 'We have met the enemy and he is us' . . . all of us.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

If you have trouble imagining ...

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

The courage to press on regard...

The courage to press on regardless--regardless of whether we face calm seas or rough seas, and especially when the market storms howl around us--is the quintessential attribute of the successful investor.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Income earned by the sweat of ...

Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be taxed at a higher rate.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

Hint: money flows into most fu...

Hint: money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows.

John \"Jack\" Bogle 48 quotes

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