Muscular Investing January 24, 2019 at 08:45 AM
Would you like to know how to have an extra 1 trillion dollars in your pockets? Bogle did it — and you can benefit. • By some estimates, the Vanguard Group lowered fees so much that its shareholders alone saved a cool $559 billion... Read More
Muscular Investing January 22, 2019 at 08:46 AM
Bogle’s secret in building America’s largest fund provider is setting it up from the beginning as a ‘mutual’ organization, similar to a worker’s cooperative. • Vanguard doesn’t own its funds, the funds own Vanguard and can make the firm lower its fees to benefit investors... Read More
Muscular Investing January 17, 2019 at 08:20 AM
Bogle’s new book, Stay the Course, reveals one little thing individual investors do that costs them one-third of their return — but is easily prevented... Read More
Muscular Investing January 15, 2019 at 09:00 AM
John C. Bogle — known to all as ‘Jack’ — has been advocating the simplest portfolio strategies for decades. Surprise! They’ve outperformed the S&P 500... Read More
Muscular Investing January 10, 2019 at 10:20 AM
If you want the best raw performance over the long term, expanding your menu to 13 asset classes, plus a simple mechanical formula, is just the ticket... Read More
Muscular Investing January 08, 2019 at 07:20 AM
Jack Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, has urged investors for over two decades to hold a simple 50/50 portfolio: half US stocks and half US bonds. • The book Muscular Portfolios calls this ‘the Baby Bear Portfolio... Read More
Muscular Investing January 03, 2019 at 07:00 PM
The secret to long-term performance is not letting your portfolio skyrocket during bulls. Instead, keeping your losses small in bears is the key. • A clone of a strategy by Steve LeCompte delivers on both counts using simple rules... Read More
Muscular Investing January 01, 2019 at 08:01 AM
The S&P 500 crashes more than 30% every 10 years, on average. Another such destruction of your wealth is on the way. • Can a simple formula keep your life savings from being shredded while still delivering market-like returns across bear-bull cycles? The answer is ‘Yes... Read More
