The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.
John C. BogleI'd be the first to agree that capitalism bestows its blessings unevenly. But that wouldn't persuade me to think it was a good idea to do away with those blessings in their entirety. That said, there is lots of work to be done to make capitalism work better, and to broaden its blessings far more widely not only in America, but all over the globe.
John C. BogleSurprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.
John C. BogleCorporate leaders surely have their problems, I believe that most CEOs are doing their best to hew to the ethical line. The problem is that that line has gotten blurred and that our moral standard seems to be "if everybody else is doing it, it's okay". That's not good enough for me.
John C. BogleThe miracle of compounding returns has been overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.
John C. BogleWhile the apostles of the new so-called "behavioral" theory present ample evidence of how often human beings make irrational financial decisions, it remains to be seen whether these decisions lead to predictable errors that create systematic mispricings upon which rational investors can readily and economically capitalize.
John C. Bogle