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The Clash of the Cultures
- Investment vs. Speculation
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Over the course of his 60-year career in the mutual fund industry, Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has witnessed a massive shift in the culture of the financial sector. The prudent, value-adding culture of long-term investment has been crowded out by an aggressive, value-destroying culture of short-term speculation. Mr. Bogle has not been merely an eyewitness to these changes, but one of the financial sector's most active participants. In The Clash of the Cultures, he urges a return to the common-sense principles of long-term investing.
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Mr. Bogle recounts the history of the index mutual fund, how he created it, and how exchange-traded index funds have altered its original concept of long-term investing. He also presents a first-hand history of Wellington Fund, a real-world case study on the success of investment and the failure of speculation. The book concludes with ten simple rules that will help investors meet their financial goals.
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- Pablo Lema
- 09-13-19
Dry as all Hell
Mr. Bogle is one of my heroes, and I love indexing, but he is one of the most boring writers out there, it's fact after fact after fact. Barely an anecdote or the imaginative illustration of a concept to lighten the SLOG of his books. Every time I finish one I swear never to read another one but his is such a contribution I unfortunately can't help myself. Good info but a boring grind, it's possible to write non-fiction without being this dry.
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- Jason Murphy
- 12-24-19
Excellent but dry
As another reviewer said, it's a dry listen/read. However, this book is excellent. The past few years I have been reading books by the legends - Philip Fisher (Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits), Benjamin Graham (Intelligent Investor). "The Clash of the Cultures' is one of those eye-opening books where you realize if you are to invest that you had better educate yourself so that you can make money by truly investing long-term. It is unfortunate that many would-be investor 'education' is watching short-term "buy buy buy! sell sell sell!" mentality stuff (think Mad Money). This book, although it was a slog will help shape an investor so that he/she can cut through the noise and make money.
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- Foster L.
- 10-31-21
Genius
Simple yet very comprehensive and worth the listen to and enjoy. Mr Bogel is a lost treasure but his words are still with us.
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- jesse
- 09-05-21
slow
I had to listen to it at 1.3 speed for it to sound normal and probably should of went faster. might be ok to read but listening was a nightmare. monotone voice and reads slow was just not doing it for me.
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- jimmy
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It’s okay
I prefer the little book of common sense investing by John c bogle. It was okay felt longer than it should have been.