John C. Bogle Quotes

I never, ever, ever let emotion get in the way of an investment.

It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.

Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable future. The variables are well known, as are the possible outcomes.

For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough.

I've learned that all investments have risk.

One of the rules I've learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the best way to not have a great outcome.

We have never shied away from making investments. Even during downcycles, we never stopped our investments.

I've usually used the phrase 'stay the course' as one of the great rules of investment success.

Good investors have to choose how to allocate their mind share with the precious capital they have.

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

Speculation leads you the wrong way. It allows you to put your emotions first, whereas investment gets emotions out of the picture.

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.

Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?

The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then never, ever think about them again, except maybe once a quarter or so when you take a peek at your statements to make sure that you have not accidentally been buying the Fidelity Peace-in-the-Middle-East fund.

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

Great investments may look crazy but really may not be.

When it comes to investing, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all portfolio.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.

I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money; my informed choice, my measured gamble.

I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.