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Top 8 John Bogle Books
John Bogle is famous in the financial world for founding Vanguard funds and being a large promoter of index fund investing. The following books were either written by him or about him.
What Are Index Funds?
Index funds are perfect for the buy-and-hold investor - the kind of person who likes to sit back and let their investment grow, rather than moving in and out of the market in an effort to beat the market.
S&P 500 O-Strip Index
On March 29th, 2004 a new index was launched called the "O-Strip Index." The O-Strip Index is simply the Nasdaq portion of stocks listed in the S&P 500 Index. Read more about it here.
Buy and Hold Investing Using Index Funds
Lengthy article shows the value of index investing in terms of diversification, returns and risk reduction using Vanguard or DFA funds.
Case for Index Funds
Forbes describes why you should own index funds by taking a close look at fund expenses and returns.
Enhanced Index Funds
Shows what enhanced index funds are and what the performance has been during a 27 year period.
How Index Funds are Created
Takes you step by step through the various ways that index funds are created.
Index Fund List
List of the top 30 performing no-load index funds from Fool.com.
IndexFunds.com List of Indexes
Compare your index fund to over 200 worldwide indexes; shows performance over various time periods.
Indexing on a Shoestring
This articles explains how you can take advantage of indexing on only $50 a month.
Indexing- Too Many Animals in the Zoo?
Interesting article on the overpopulation of index funds; written by Paul Farrell.
Simple Case for Index Funds
Vanguard index fund guru, John Bogle provides a brief summary of the case for index funds.

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