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The Boglehead's Guide to Investing is a DIY handbook that espouses the sage investment wisdom of John C. Bogle. This witty and wonderful book offers contrarian advice that provides the first step on the road to investment success, illustrating how relying on typical "common sense" promoted by Wall Street is destined to leave you poorer. This updated edition includes new information on backdoor Roth IRAs and ETFs as mainstream buy and hold investments, estate taxes and gifting, plus changes to the laws regarding Traditional and Roth IRAs, and 401k and 403b retirement plans. With warnings and principles both precisely accurate and grandly counterintuitive, the Boglehead authors show how beating the market is a zero-sum game.
Investing can be simple, but it's certainly not simplistic. Over the course of twenty years, the followers of John C. Bogle have evolved from a loose association of investors to a major force with the largest and most active non-commercial financial forum on the Internet. The Boglehead's Guide to Investing brings that communication to you with comprehensive guidance to the investment prowess on display at Bogleheads.org. You'll learn how to craft your own investment strategy using the Bogle-proven methods that have worked for thousands of investors, and how to:
- Choose a sound financial lifestyle and diversify your portfolio
- Start early, invest regularly, and know what you're buying
- Preserve your buying power, keeping costs and taxes low
- Throw out the "good" advice promoted by Wall Street that leads to investment failure
Financial markets are essentially closed systems in which one's gain garners another's loss. Investors looking for a roadmap to successfully navigating these choppy waters long-term will find expert guidance, sound advice, and a little irreverent humor in The Boglehead's Guide to Investing.
- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWiley
- Publication dateAugust 18, 2014
- Dimensions5.9 x 1.3 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101118921283
- ISBN-13978-1118921289
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A contrarian, witty guide that teaches simple, cost-effective investing strategies to beat Wall Street and grow wealth.
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The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is a handy resource that is written for anyone who may be grappling with a financial problem or simply wants to know how to invest money to get the best results. The Boglehead team of investment experts―Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, and Michael LeBoeuf―provide the answers for gaining a foothold in the market and keeping it there.
Investing can be simple, but it’s certainly not simplistic. Over the course of nearly twenty years, the followers of John C. Bogle have evolved from a loose association of investors to a major force with the largest and most active non-commercial financial forum on the Internet. The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is a hands-on resource for tapping into John C. Bogle’s “uncommon” investing wisdom.
Like the first edition, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing offers investors of all stripes, ages, and investing prowess a DIY handbook that champions the sage investment wisdom of John C. Bogle. Often witty and always wise, the book is filled with sage advice that helps investors take the first step on the road to investment success. And to keep investors on the right path, the authors illustrate how relying on "common sense" promoted by Wall Street is destined to leave you poorer.
The updated second edition includes the latest information on how to profit from backdoor Roth IRAs and Exchange Traded Funds. The book also contains timely updates on estate taxes and gifting, plus changes to the laws regarding traditional as well as 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. In addition, the authors offer investment warnings and principles that are both precisely accurate and sometimes counterintuitive.
Assuming no extensive knowledge of finance on your part, the Boglehead authors march you step by step toward the winning investment strategy.
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"I'm often asked to recommend a good, basic book on investing, and The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing has been my go-to pick since its original publication. It focuses on all the right things: the virtues of maintaining a frugal lifestyle, keeping investment costs down, and building a simple, low-maintenance portfolio. And importantly, it also tells investors what they can safely tune out―namely, day-to-day market action and the latest 'hot' investment products. Its advice will stand the test of time."
―CHRISTINE BENZ, Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar, Inc.
"John Bogle set out to reform the mutual fund industry nearly 40 years ago. He saw a high fee, self-serving, good ol' boy network and thought it was wrong. Bogle believed the purpose of an investment company was to be investor-focused. His idea turned into a revolution. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing is a testimony to the massive changes that have taken place as a result of Bogle's vision. The ideas in this book have saved countless investors billions of dollars in unnecessary fees. Hats off to Taylor, Mel, and Mike for a job well done."
―RICK FERRI, CFA, Founder, Portfolio Solutions LLC
"The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing describes a sophisticated and proven approach to successful investing. Nevertheless, its message of saving, investing in a diversified, balanced, low cost portfolio, and keeping it simple is easily grasped by investors of all levels of experience. Regardless of your investment acumen, this book provides many clearly expounded investment insights and is a great roadmap to financial success."
―GEORGE U. "GUS" SAUTER, Retired Chief Investment Officer, Vanguard
"The best one-stop shopping solution to saving, debt management, investing, insurance, and financial planning I have seen between two covers. For the price of a week's worth of lattes, you can secure your future."
―WILLIAM J. BERNSTEIN, cofounder, Efficient Frontier Advisors, LLC, author of The Intelligent Asset Allocator, The Four Pillars of Investing, and The Investor's Manifesto
About the Author
MEL LINDAUER, CFS, WMS, was dubbed “The Prince of the Bogleheads” by Jack Bogle. A Forbes.com columnist, he’s one of the leaders of the Bogleheads community.
TAYLOR LARIMORE, CCL, has been dubbed by Money magazine as “the Dean of the Vanguard Diehards” and John (Jack) Bogle himself calls Taylor “The King of the Bogleheads.”
MICHAEL LEBOEUF, PHD, is an internationally published author, business consultant, and professor emeritus who taught Management at The University of New Orleans.
Product details
- Publisher : Wiley; 2nd edition (August 18, 2014)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1118921283
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118921289
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.9 x 1.3 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #16,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #27 in Retirement Planning (Books)
- #78 in Introduction to Investing
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A former Forbes.com columnist, Mel Lindauer, CFS, WMS, was dubbed "The Prince of the Bogleheads" by Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard. He established The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy and served as its President for 10 years. He's a moderator and leader of the Bogleheads forum at bogleheads.org and of its predecessor forum at Morningstar.com. He's made more than 50,000 posts on these two forums.
A Marine veteran, he started investing in the late '60s and has first-hand experience with both bull and bear markets. Together with co-author Taylor Larimore, he initiated and continued to organize the grassroots Bogleheads annual Conferences for 20 years.
He's been quoted in a number of newspapers and national magazines, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Money, US News & World Report, Investment News, The Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daytona Beach News-Journal. He's also appeared on CNN-fn. In March of 2012, he was honored by Money Magazine as one of its "Everyday Heroes" for his work in investor education.
Retired since 1997, he was the founder and former CEO of a successful graphic arts company in the Philadelphia area for 30 years. Since retirement, he's earned credentials as a Certified Fund Specialist from the Institute of Business and Finance and as a Wealth Management Specialist from Kaplan College.
He was elected to the Daytona Beach Shores FL City Council in 2016, was re-elected in 2018, and was elected as Vice Mayor in 2020.
He also holds commercial pilot and flight instructor licenses, and was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of his former home state of Kentucky.
He attended Delaware County Community College and Temple University and earned his degree in Business Management.

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