Comments on: John Bogle responds to “Ask Jack” questions http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/ Thoughts from the Founder of the Vanguard Group of Investment Companies Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: visuallybrian http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/comment-page-1/#comment-75 visuallybrian Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:26:23 +0000 http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/#comment-75 Jack, I read Bogle on Mutual Funds in the early 90's and used it as my investment bible. I noticed in your new books you no longer recommend allocating a portion to LT bonds. Has your thinking changed on LT bonds since writing that book? Thx, Brian Jack,
I read Bogle on Mutual Funds in the early 90′s and used it as my investment bible. I noticed in your new books you no longer recommend allocating a portion to LT bonds. Has your thinking changed on LT bonds since writing that book?
Thx,
Brian

]]> By: DRDONYOUNG http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/comment-page-1/#comment-74 DRDONYOUNG Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:30:15 +0000 http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/#comment-74 Jack, Do you have any thoughts on when a portfolio is too large for index mutual fund investing( even including tax-managed funds)--2 million, 10 million ? Jack,
Do you have any thoughts on when a portfolio is too large for index mutual fund investing( even including tax-managed funds)–2 million, 10 million ?

]]> By: Tom Cort http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Tom Cort Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:49:38 +0000 http://johncbogle.com/wordpress/2007/06/01/176/#comment-73 Jack, I also enjoyed reading your book (multiple times). The first time I read the book I was really disappointed. Nearly every chapter was a justification for index funds. I needed only a few pages to be convinced. Although, I really did appreciate the math and the facts presented in the book. Few books go into such depth. I was disappointed at the end of the book because there was relatively little practical advice about how to proceed in the world of index investing. After reading the book a second time it became obvious that little practical advice was needed. Just buy and hold the Total Stock Market and Total Bond Market index funds and you're done. Every now and then someone needs to knock some common sense into me, and your book did just that. Thank you for writing it. Jack,

I also enjoyed reading your book (multiple times). The first time I read the book I was really disappointed. Nearly every chapter was a justification for index funds. I needed only a few pages to be convinced. Although, I really did appreciate the math and the facts presented in the book. Few books go into such depth. I was disappointed at the end of the book because there was relatively little practical advice about how to proceed in the world of index investing.

After reading the book a second time it became obvious that little practical advice was needed. Just buy and hold the Total Stock Market and Total Bond Market index funds and you’re done. Every now and then someone needs to knock some common sense into me, and your book did just that. Thank you for writing it.

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