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    Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
    Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
    Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
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    Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution

    Written by John C. Bogle

    Narrated by Henry Strozier

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    A journey through the Index Revolution from the man who started it all Stay the Course is the story the Vanguard Group as told by its founder, legendary investor John C. Bogle. This engrossing book traces the history of Vanguard-the largest mutual fund organization on earth. Offering the world's first index mutual fund in 1976, John Bogle led Vanguard from a $1.4 billion firm with a staff of 28 to a global company of 16,000 employees and with more than $5 trillion in assets under management. An engaging blend of company history, investment perspective, and personal memoir, this book provides a fascinating look into the mind of an extraordinary man and the company he created. John Bogle continues to be an inspiring and trusted figure to millions of individual investors the world over. His creative innovation, personal integrity, and stubborn determination infuse every aspect of the company he founded. This accessible and engaging book will help you: Explore the history of some of Vanguard's most important mutual funds, including First Index Investment Trust, Wellington Fund, and Windsor Fund Understand how the Vanguard Group gave rise to the Index Revolution and transformed the lives of millions of individual investors Gain insight on John Bogle's views on values such as perseverance, caring, commitment, integrity, and fairness Investigate a wide range of investing topics through the lens of one of the most prominent figures in the history of modern finance The Vanguard Group and John Bogle are inextricably linked-it would be impossible to tell one story without the other. Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution weaves these stories together taking you on a journey through the history of one revolutionary company and one remarkable man. Investors, wealth managers, financial advisors, business leaders, and those who enjoy a good story, will find this book as informative and unique as its author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 15, 2019
    ISBN9781980035268
    Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
    Author

    John C. Bogle

    John C. Bogle is founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc. and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard, one of the two largest mutual-fund organizations in the world, in 1974 and served as Chairman and CEO until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000. Designated by Fortune magazine as one of the investment industry’s four “Giants of the 20th Century,” in 2004 he was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University, his alma mater, for distinguished achievement in the nation’s service. That same year Time magazine named Mr. Bogle one of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people.

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      This is an ideal book for number crunching nerds or for falling asleep to. It is little more Mr Bogel's bluster about cost cutting derivatives indexing. It drones on like an endless chronology of this man's life recounted in statistical data that make the average person's eyes glaze over in 5 minute, but it runs for more than 10 hrs. I couldnt finisg, but still want to know why is Vanguard pratically a monopoly? Lots of investors and he was the first to index, but other companies are using software in slightly different ways. Bogel must have had inside deals. He was just a millionaire, but he had 80 million.I dont believe it. Worse I couldnt get past the first 3 hrs of listening without drifting off. Not written for the layman.