John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group ofInvestment Companies, has built a $100 billionmutual fund company on principles of candor, fairness,and low cost. The most outspoken critic of themutual fund industry, Bogle speaks to the seriousmutual fund investor, both novice and seasoned, inthis straightforward assessment of an industry Boglehimself helped revolutionize. Here he offers theessential principles of canny mutual fundinvesting, as well as caveats to protect the investor.Readers will learn how to- Ask three criticalquestions before investing. Evaluate risk tolerance anddesign a portfolio to meet current financialobjectives. Develop a diversified portfolio of equityfunds, bonds, and money market funds that willweather the market’s short term variations. ApplyBogle’s eight model portfolios to achieve their ownfinancial goals. Always find themselves in a winningmoney market fund. Protect themselves frominflation Use index funds to effectively balancerisk/return. Anyone who is serious about mutual funds canapply the dynamic investment principles ofBogle On Mutual Funds to establish awinning, long-term investment portfolio.

Author Biography

John Bogle is founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the largest mutual fund organizations in the world, and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as chairman and CEO until 1996 and senior chairman until 2000. In 2004, Time named Bogle one of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people, and Institutional Investor presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Fortune designated him as one of the investment industry’s four “Giants of the 20th Century.” In the same year, he received the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University for distinguished achievement in the nation’s service.” He lives in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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