“It's 1450 out of 1500 ETF funds that I just wouldn't touch because they're not diversified enough. Or they have some huge speculative twist to them that if you can guess the markets right you will do very well for a day or two but who can do that? Nobody.” IfsWellsTwoEnoughCan DoHugeInvestingFundTwists Author:John C. Bogle
“Without getting into brothels, there are ethical capitalists the problem is that there aren't enough of them. It is not "just a few bad apples" that have been evident in our corporations, our investment bankers and our mutual funds, but so many that one has to concede that the barrel itself needs some work.” EnoughProblemInvestmentFundMutualEthicalCapitalistMutual FundBad Apple Author:John C. Bogle
“Corporate leaders surely have their problems, I believe that most CEOs are doing their best to hew to the ethical line. The problem is that that line has gotten blurred and that our moral standard seems to be "if everybody else is doing it, it's okay". That's not good enough for me.” BelieveEnoughProblemI BelieveLeaderMoralOkayGood EnoughEthicalCeoNot Good Enough Author:John C. Bogle
“We live in a very risky world and investors should not get "carried away" with excessive allocations to equities, or for that matter, real estate. As always asset allocation and low cost and broad diversification will be essential in earning one's fair share of whatever returns our financial markets are generous enough to bestow upon us.” WorldRealEnoughShareFinancialGenerousInvestorsEquity Author:John C. Bogle