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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Bogle Touts the Origin of Passive Funds


Fundsters interested in the beginnings of the index mutual fund may want to take a look at Saturday's edition of the Wall Street Journal. Vanguard [see profile] founder Jack Bogle penned an op-ed detailing his story of being inspired by economist Paul Samuelson and then creating the first index fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now called the Vanguard 500 Index Fund).


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