Comments on: Review: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-211020 Mike Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:11 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-211020 I’m curious. Has anyone read both this book and The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing? The latter book is currently in the mail and now I’m wondering if I should get this book too.

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]]> By: js http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22911 js Sat, 05 May 2007 03:29:57 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22911 I see Vanguard has raised their minimum initial investments for IRAs even to $3000. Ouchie. I wish it wasn’t such a “rich man’s game” – us commoners who only have $100 bucks a month to invest or whatever should get some breaks.

]]> By: lorax http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22869 lorax Fri, 04 May 2007 23:34:50 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22869 I wonder if Bogle mentioned that the performance of S&P 500 index funds is likely to be lower for another reason – hedge funds have learned that S&P 500 stocks trade at a premium. So they drive up the price of stocks about to enter the S&P 500, lowering return when they are actually included.

Hedge funds – gotta love em.

Of course, the solution is to go with a broader fund. In his other books Bogle recommends the total market index over the S&P 500.

]]> By: rob in Madrid http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22837 rob in Madrid Fri, 04 May 2007 22:05:26 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22837 The best and probably only investing book you ever need to read is the classic The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham’s. (go for the commentary edition as it’s a bit easier to follow) His book was written almost 50 years ago and every decade more and more investors prove him right.
While it’s a bit weird reading about the DOW at 900 the lessons he provides are just a relevant today.

Along the same lines but easier to read is Contrarian Investment Strategies by David Dreman. I ordered a used copy from Amazon (printed 1984) and it still just as relevant.

Spending sometime here will ensure you never overpay for a stock again.

Both are excellent books

]]> By: Oz http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22803 Oz Fri, 04 May 2007 19:23:21 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/review-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-22803 Nice review Trent. I have read this book last week. It was a good refresher for me:). I was hoping to find more “meat” judging from the title, but the book basically states that it is smart to invest in low cost index funds that has a history of beating the market while keeping funny money to play with for trial and error.

This was the first Bogle book I read, I think I am going to read The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing.

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