Comments on: What John Bogle Has to Say about ETF in “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-john-bogle-has-to-say-about-etf-in-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Sunhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-john-bogle-has-to-say-about-etf-in-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-4876 The Sun Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:54:22 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/03/24/what-john-bogle-has-to-say-about-etf-in-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-4876 From what I read from the book, it seems Bogle has some pretty harsh words for ETFs and his main target is the "trading" part of ETFs. In his view, you can only win by owning the entire stock market and owning it forever. However, the creation of ETFs did nothing more than encourage investors to trade, which is the evil for long term investment. While I agree that active trading is not a winning strategy, but that's not unique to ETFs. Saying investing in ETFs is all bad is not fair. From what I read from the book, it seems Bogle has some pretty harsh words for ETFs and his main target is the “trading” part of ETFs. In his view, you can only win by owning the entire stock market and owning it forever. However, the creation of ETFs did nothing more than encourage investors to trade, which is the evil for long term investment. While I agree that active trading is not a winning strategy, but that’s not unique to ETFs. Saying investing in ETFs is all bad is not fair.

]]> By: Jonathanhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-john-bogle-has-to-say-about-etf-in-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-4842 Jonathan Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:20:13 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/03/24/what-john-bogle-has-to-say-about-etf-in-the-little-book-of-common-sense-investing/#comment-4842 I look forward to reading this book too. I think Bogle goes a bit too far bashing ETFs, but his heart is in the right place.ETFs have inherent advantages and disadvantages. But if they fulfill my needs, sure, I'll buy ETFs! I look forward to reading this book too. I think Bogle goes a bit too far bashing ETFs, but his heart is in the right place.

ETFs have inherent advantages and disadvantages. But if they fulfill my needs, sure, I’ll buy ETFs!

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