Intro; The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio: How a Simple Portfolio of Three Total Market Index Funds Outperforms Most Investors with Less Risk; Praise for The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE The Investment Industry; CHAPTER TWO John C. Bogle-The Investor's Best Friend; CHAPTER THREE John Bogle Introduces Three Total Market Index Funds; CHAPTER FOUR Twenty Benefits of Total Market Index Funds (in no particular order); BENEFIT 1: NO ADVISOR RISK; BENEFIT 2: NO ASSET BLOAT; BENEFIT 3: NO INDEX FRONT RUNNING
BENEFIT 4: NO FUND MANAGER RISKSpecific Fund Manager Risks; BENEFIT 5: NO INDIVIDUAL STOCK RISK; BENEFIT 6: NO OVERLAP; BENEFIT 7: NO SECTOR RISK; BENEFIT 8: NO STYLE DRIFT; BENEFIT 9: LOW TRACKING ERROR; BENEFIT 10: ABOVE-AVERAGE RETURN; BENEFIT 11: SIMPLIFIED CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS; BENEFIT 12: THE BENEFIT OF CONSISTENCY; BENEFIT 13: LOW TURNOVER; BENEFIT 14: LOW COSTS; BENEFIT 15: MAXIMUM DIVERSIFICATION (LOWER RISK); BENEFIT 16: PORTFOLIO EFFICIENCY (BEST RISK/RETURN RATIO); BENEFIT 17: LOW MAINTENANCE; BENEFIT 18: EASY TO REBALANCE; BENEFIT 19: TAX EFFICIENCY
BENEFIT 20: SIMPLICITY (FOR INVESTORS, CAREGIVERS, AND HEIRS)CHAPTER FIVE Getting Started; CHAPTER SIX Stay the Course; APPENDIX I What Experts Say; APPENDIX II Meet the Bogleheads: Mel Lindauer, President, The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy; EARLY HISTORY; BOGLEHEAD CONFERENCES; THE BIG MOVE; FORUM STATISTICS; LOCAL CHAPTERS; WIKI; BOGLEHEADS BOOKS; THE JOHN C. BOGLE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY; Glossary of Financial Terms; Index; EULA
