The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

Low cost index funds is sure route to creation. Good to follow with no second thought. Knowledgeable practices given in this book. Good to read.

A book that explains that investing is not a brainer or you need a special education but rather simply consistently putting your equity into low cost index funds and keep on doing it until you retire.

The central idea of the book is investment in low cost index funds and holding it for long. The different side is that the data has been drawn from US market for supporting the evidence.

Easy to read, reminds again the fact that investment is like health, you can not get result if you see yourself in mirror every day, understand it, make a plan and stick to it. I heard interview of Jack Bogle and decided to buy this book, Its midnight and i read 3 chapters of choice, making my logical mind to reaffirm key principles of investment

If u want to navigate the world of mutual funds, this is where the buck stops. Excellent commentary on the merits of index funds. The best thing I like though is the lucidity in which the book explains and answers questions. It is natural to raise questions and have ideas as u start reading a book. Here, you shall get answers in few pages , in next chapters and certainly before the book ends.

Love the quality of the book inside out. Took me 5 days to complete it. Trust me you won't be able to get your hands off this book ;)

In-depth explanation on index funds. No wonder Buffett recommended reading this

The author has flamboyant credentials, but what he presents in the book could easily be summarized in 5% of the pages. The entire argument reduces to a single message: invest in index funds and avoid actively managed funds. The book attempts to prove this thesis repeatedly from different angles. However, I disagree for several reasons: He benchmarks the simple average of all active funds. A more appropriate comparison would be a weighted average based on assets under management (AUM), which reflects where investors actually allocate capital. He uses a 30-plus-year horizon, whereas my realistic investment horizon is closer to 10 years, after which I can rotate into better-performing funds. He assumes that gross returns are broadly similar between active and passive strategies. In practice, skilled active managers can generate meaningful alpha, which can materially change outcomes even after deducting fees. Overall, I neither learned much from the book nor found its conclusions convincing.