The late Jack Bogle — father of the first index fund — famously loathed their exchange-traded offspring, warning that it only incentivize speculative trading among “fruitcakes, nut cases and lunatic ...

An investment built to be traded will be. This was the primary concern of index fund champion Jack Bogle when, as Vanguard Group’s CEO in the 1990s, he declined to offer indexed exchange-traded funds.

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To be perfectly crass about it, you would have made an awful lot of money if you had followed the advice of John Bogle, the Vanguard founder, better known as Jack, who died Wednesday at the age of 89.

Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, who died on January 16 at the age of 89, is properly known as the inventor of the index fund and an investing genius. But Bogle was also an inspiring figure who prospered ...

This article discusses the best Vanguard funds to buy right now.

Jack Bogle, a fierce advocate for American investors and the founder of Vanguard Group, died Wednesday at age 89. Mr. Bogle almost singlehandedly popularized index funds. WSJ's Jason Zweig, who ...

If you're looking for a great place to stash your retirement savings, then you should consider an investment that Warren Buffett, the greatest investor of our time, wholeheartedly believes in: What I ...

Most investors never get direct access to the people who shape modern portfolio theory and practice. Books fill part of that gap by turning those ideas into practical guidance for everyday portfolios.

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Index fund detractors have long urged regulators to restrain passive investment managers. Most such complaints were groundless—attacks from investment organizations that had lost market share to ...