Enough : true measures of money, business, and life / John C. Bogle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogle, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance.

Investments.

Business.

Value.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

True measures of money, business, and life

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

John Bogle puts our obsession with financial success inperspective Throughout his legendary career, John C. Bogle-founder of theVanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutualfund-has helped investors build wealth the right way and led atireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world.Along the way, he's seen how destructive an obsession withfinancial success can be. Now, with Enough., he puts thisdilemma in perspective. Inspired in large measure by the hundreds of lectures Bogle hasdelivered to professional groups and college students in recentyears, Enough

Contents:

""Enough.: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Growing Up""; ""No Idle Hands""; ""Blair Academy: “ Come, Study, Learn �""; ""Acres of Diamonds""; ""Coming to Philadelphia""; ""At Princeton, a Discovery""; ""A Door Slams; a Window Opens""; ""Complications""; ""A Complete Firm Emerges""; ""A Stunning Endorsement from the Court of Last Resort""; ""A Change of Heart""; ""Treasures False and True""; ""Socrates � Challenge""; ""Chapter 1: Too Much Cost, Not Enough Value""; ""A Prophetic Forecast""; ""Wresting a Living from Finance""

""Fortunes from Failure""""Heads I Win; Tails You Lose""; ""Brain Drain""; ""The Drain of Costs and Taxes""; ""The Wrong Kind of Wizardry""; ""Costs Rear Their Ugly Head""; ""Investors Get Precisely What They Don�t Pay For""; ""A Question So Important""; ""Chapter 2: Too Much Speculation, Not Enough Investment""; ""A Giant Distraction""; ""A Loser�s Game""; ""Speculation Is in the Driver�s Seat""; ""Black Swans and Market Returns""; ""Black Swans and Investment Returns""; ""Tortoises Win""; ""Hares Win (But How Can That Be?)""; ""The Perils of Market Timing""; ""Striking a Balance""

""Chapter 3: Too Much Complexity, Not Enough Simplicity""""Derivatives: Dancing to the Music""; ""Marketers Win, Investors Lose""; ""“Don�t Just Stand There. Do Something!�""; ""Mutual Funds: Lowering the Bar""; ""Sometimes for Better, but Mostly for Worse""; ""The Innovation Blunderbuss""; ""Back to Basics""; ""An All-Too-Predictable Outcome""; ""Chapter 4: Too Much Counting, Not Enough Trust""; ""Government: Making the Numbers Fit""; ""Finance: Attributing Certitude to History""; ""The Experts Are Wrong... Again""; ""Business: The Bias toward Optimism""

""The Real-World Consequences of Counting""""Finance Calls the Tune for Business""; ""“Rock, Scissors, Paper�""; ""Giving Judgment a Chance""; ""The Spirit of Trust""; ""Measure First, Judge Later?""; ""An Empty Exercise""; ""Chapter 5: Too Much Business Conduct, Not Enough Professional Conduct""; ""Times Have Changed""; ""Hammers and Nails""; ""Capitalism Changes Its Values""; ""Owners, Not Agents""; ""CEO Compensation: How Much Is Enough?""; ""A Lack of Accountability""; ""Intrinsic Value, Not Stock Price""; ""Performance, Not Peer Groups""; ""Principals and Principles""

""“Only Capitalists Can Kill Capitalism�""""Chapter 6: Too Much Salesmanship, Not Enough Stewardship""; ""Investors Change Their Spots; So Do Managers""; ""Good for Managers, Bad for Shareholders""; ""Toward a Better World""; ""Let�s Dream Together""; ""Of, By, and For the Shareholder""; ""Chapter 7: Too Much Management, Not Enough Leadership""; ""Building a Great Organization""; ""The Superior Company""; ""Values and Profits""; ""The Gale of Creative Destruction""; ""Chapter 8: Too Much Focus on Things, Not Enough Focus on Commitment""; ""Boldness, Commitment, and Providence""

""Commitment to Family and Community""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-266) and index.

ISBN:

9786612113376

9780470441954

047044195X

9781282113374

1282113372

9780470441121

0470441127

OCLC:

476269905