Common sense on mutual funds
Subtitle: new imperatives for the intelligent investor
By: John C. Bogle
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780471295433; 9780471392286
Subjects: Mutual funds; Investments; Investeringen; Pensioenfondsen
Description: "A critical look at the mutual fund industry and how we invest, and ... a compelling course for change."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-453) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: On long-term investing : chance and the garden -- -- 2.; title: On the nature of returns : Occam's razor -- -- 3.; title: On asset allocation : the riddle of performance attribution -- -- 4.; title: On simplicity : how to come down to where you ought to be -- -- 5.; title: On indexing : the triumph of experience over hope -- -- 6.; title: On equity styles : tick-tack-toe -- -- 7.; title: On bonds : treadmill to oblivion -- -- 8.; title: On global investing : acres of diamonds -- -- 9.; title: On selecting superior funds : the search for the Holy Grail -- -- 10.; title: On reversion to the mean : Sir Isaac Newton's revenge on Wall Street -- -- 11.; title: On investment relativism : happiness or misery -- -- 12.; title: On asset size : nothing fails like success -- -- 13.; title: On taxes : the message of the parallax -- -- 14.; title: On time : the fourth dimension : magic or tyranny -- -- 15.; title: On principles : Important principles must be inflexible -- -- 16.; title: On marketing : the message is the medium -- -- 17.; title: On technology : to what avail -- -- 18.; title: On directors : serving two masters -- -- 20.; title: On structure : the strategic imperative -- -- 20.; title: On entrepreneurship : the joy of creating -- -- 21.; title: On leadership : a sense of purpose -- -- 22.; title: On human beings : clients and crew.