Jack Bogle, a fierce advocate for American investors and the founder of Vanguard Group, died Wednesday at age 89. Mr. Bogle almost singlehandedly popularized index funds. WSJ's Jason Zweig ...

John C. Bogle, who simplified investing for the masses by launching the first index mutual fund and founded Vanguard Group, died Wednesday, the company said. He was 89. Bogle did not invent the ...

They called his quixotic little mutual fund “Bogle’s Folly,” “a sure path to mediocrity” and even “un-American” after he introduced it in 1976. But Vanguard founder John C.

He officially stepped down as chief executive of Vanguard in January 1996 and remained as chairman until the end of 1999. Tim Buckley is the current chief executive. John Clifton Bogle was born in ...

Vanguard founder John Bogle was an outspoken advocate of passive investing. In 1976, under his leadership, the company introduced the industry's first index fund for individual investors.

For years now, those who have worried about the equity market’s overvaluation have been voices in the wilderness. As the bull ...

But it wasn't until 1976 that Vanguard, under the leadership of the late John Bogle, took indexing from an academic concept to a practical tool for fund management. The catalyst was the launch of ...

When it comes to index investing, investors really don’t have to look much further than the Vanguard family of funds. Founder John Bogle pioneered the passive investing trend by establishing a ...

The answer is simple: Follow the philosophy of its founder. Vanguard was established in 1975 by investing icon John C. Bogle, who many credit with popularizing index funds and "passive" investing ...