Kyle Harrison
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
- Author
- John C. Bogle
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 228
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Bogle’s short, blunt case for the index fund: the market’s gross return minus costs is what investors collectively get, so the winning move is to minimise the subtraction. The clearest statement of the argument by the person who built the vehicle.
Where I saw it: In the reply thread to @SpencrGreenberg’s question, “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (June 5, 2025) — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved to his Apple Note “Books To Read”; the full set of replies lives on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet). It was listed there as “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing — Bogle”.
Connections
- John Bogle — the author.
- Index Funds — the instrument the book exists to argue for.
- Investing · Capital Allocation — where the cost argument bites.
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.