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By Jason Zweig | Jan. 18, 2019 6:57 a.m. ET
Three anecdotes about Jack Bogle stick in my memory.
In 1995, I had received an offer to leave my job as a mutual-funds editor to become a columnist at a personal-finance magazine. Unable to decide whether to take the offer, I did something I’ve never done before or since: I called a source to ask for career advice. After I described the job offer, Mr. Bogle asked why I was hesitating to accept it. “I’m afraid they might take my integrity away from me,” I said. He paused for a moment, then growled, “If they can take your integrity away from you, it’s not integrity.”
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For further reading:
Books:
John C. Bogle, Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
John C. Bogle, Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor
Jason Zweig, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary
Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain
Jason Zweig, The Little Book of Safe Money
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