Every investor should read the books of John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group and tireless advocate of the ordinary retirement investor, the “little guy” faced with long odds and the hungry sharks of Wall Street. One of the best is Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life, a book he probably thought of as… Continue reading →

Jack Bogle, the visionary founder of Vanguard Group and father of index investing, has this to say about rumblings that the incoming Trump administration could kill the fiduciary rule: Don’t bet on it. Far from shrinking back, the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule protecting retirement savers — which takes full effect in April — is likely… Continue reading →

Iconic performer Bruce Springsteen is out with a memoir of his life in music, unsurprisingly entitled Born to Run. It’s his first attempt to capturing his own story, although many others have written it before, some even writing him off. One biographer joked that he was “too old to rock” in 1989 — 27 years… Continue reading →

What’s going to hurt investors the most over the coming years? You might come up with any number of investment trends to worry about — inflation, debt, politics or terrorism, to name just a few. John Bogle, the founder of investment giant Vanguard, sees another trend, one he calls “highly negative” for investors and worth… Continue reading →

Lawsuits are piling up on the desks of HR directors around the country, all with a common theme: The employee retirement plan was too costly and the company should have known better. Retirement investing is not an expensive process. There are only a few variables and the marketplace is fairly transparent. Unless, of course, you are… Continue reading →

A lot of ink is being spilled over a close but clear vote among Britons to leave the European Union, known as Brexit. You’ve probably seen lengthy explainers on why the vote matters to investors and what you should do about it. Hogwash, plain and simple. Sure, it’s a big deal — if you’re British. It’s important,… Continue reading →

You might not know John Oliver. He’s British, first of all, and his comedy program “Last Week Tonight” airs on late-night cable. The segments on the show are long (22 minutes long!), very wonky and tend to tackle subjects most of us actively avoid — international affairs, payday lending, the downside of the U.S. energy boom, infrastructure spending.… Continue reading →

John Bogle, founder of passive investing giant Vanguard, believes that the animating force behind the stock market is to make money — just not for investors. In a recent interview and a separate letter to the editor, Bogle makes the case that virtually all stock trading benefits the handlers of that money and not retirement savers.… Continue reading →

This month I had the pleasure of being asked to participate in my first ever Twitter Q&A with Reuters, hosted by Lauren Young. It was a lot of fun and a privilege to join a panel made up of some of the top financial minds that I admire the most, including Jean Chatzsky, Mandi Woodruff,… Continue reading →