The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns, 10th Anniversary Edition
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Narrated by:
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L. J. Ganser
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By:
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John C. Bogle
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The best-selling investing "bible" offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing: low-cost index funds. Bogle describes the simplest and most effective investment strategy for building wealth over the long term: buy and hold, at very low cost, a mutual fund that tracks a broad stock market Index such as the S&P 500.
While the stock market has tumbled and then soared since the first edition of The Little Book of Common Sense Investing was published in April 2007, Bogle's investment principles have endured and served investors well. This tenth anniversary edition includes updated data and new information but maintains the same long-term perspective as in its predecessor. Bogle has also added two new chapters designed to provide further guidance to investors: one on asset allocation, the other on retirement investing.
A portfolio focused on index funds is the only investment that effectively guarantees your fair share of stock market returns. This strategy is favored by Warren Buffett, who said this about Bogle: "For decades, Jack has urged investors to invest in ultra-low-cost index funds.... Today, however, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he helped millions of investors realize far better returns on their savings than they otherwise would have earned. He is a hero to them and to me."
Bogle shows you how to make index investing work for you and help you achieve your financial goals and finds support from some of the world's best financial minds: not only Warren Buffett but Benjamin Graham, Paul Samuelson, Burton Malkiel, Yale's David Swensen, Cliff Asness of AQR, and many others.
This new edition of The Little Book of Common Sense Investing offers you the same solid strategy as its predecessor for building your financial future.
- Build a broadly diversified, low-cost portfolio without the risks of individual stocks, manager selection, or sector rotation.
- Forget the fads and marketing hype, and focus on what works in the real world.
- Understand that stock returns are generated by three sources (dividend yield, earnings growth, and change in market valuation) in order to establish rational expectations for stock returns over the coming decade.
- Recognize that in the long run, business reality trumps market expectations.
- Learn how to harness the magic of compounding returns while avoiding the tyranny of compounding costs.
While index investing allows you to sit back and let the market do the work for you, too many investors trade frantically, turning a winner's game into a loser's game. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is a solid guidebook to your financial future.
©2017 John C. Bogle (P)2017 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
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- Anand Kumar Singh
- 04-05-2018
Best book on stock market investing
This audiobook has changed my perspective in life and investment. Calculate fees is dollars and not in percent. Simple and Good plan is best plan. The more manager involved, the more risk and complexity. I can see myself getting maximum gain with minimum risk on long term. Thanks
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- Dean
- 23-05-2022
Well reasoned and excessively thorough
The investment advice the book offers is to "buy a low cost index fund and hold it forever". The book is entirely about explaining and justifying that advice. It's a repetitive and comprehensive which can make it dull, but it's worth the time for anyone who wants to invest in the stock market without it being a full time job on Wall Street.
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- Nikko Jan Ryan Cachila
- 12-08-2022
Informative, Insightful and thought-provoking.
I love this book. As a new investor, it's always a pleasure listening to the OG giving you the rundown of the whole subject. This is a great book for beginners like me as it opens up my interest to explore thr subject even more!
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- a dawson
- 30-03-2021
A Simple Message Repeated Often!
A great guide to investing for long-term returns. I only wish I had read/heard it 30 years ago to take full advantage of the wisdom it holds. A very simple message, repeated often and supported by data and clear examples.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2022
Distilled Genius
I just starting out on my investment journey and am doing my best to read as widely as I can before I start seriously investing the little capital I have. This book is sensible, easy to follow and makes a huge amount of sense. I would recommend this to my friends, family and colleagues. If you are starting out and are a little fun shy like I am when it comes to investing, this is the book for you.
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- Caleb O'Dea
- 27-05-2020
Great listen - gets repetitive
if I hear the term "index funds" once more I think I'll lose my mind.
Great listen and definitely some great takeaways nonetheless!
I feel the book could have been summed up in about 1/3 of the time though.
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- Jack
- 24-03-2020
Truly deserving of its title, perfectly sensible
One of the greatest financial minds of our time gives an incredible insight into the financial sector and how to survive a chaotic market throughout life
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- Anonymous User
- 23-01-2022
Very simple information to apply
Great book to realise that investing is all about simplicity, yes you can take risks but the index funds has proved over and over again its reliability and efficiency
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- Nilton
- 23-05-2019
Satisfied!
The book has a satisfying study, It shows an very skeptical way to see stock market investment.
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- fistinair Gaming
- 23-01-2020
First book to grab if you just heard stock market.
This is my first ever audible, the time i spent totally worth it. If you just into stock market and investing this is the first book to get your hands on.
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