The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
| Full title | 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 | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| 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 heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (the thread, June 2025), listed as “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing — Bogle”; the full set of replies is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
- In Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s A Curriculum for the Modern Investor, saved by Kyle in April 2020 — A Curriculum for the Modern Investor (Patrick O’Shaughnessy).
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.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.