Who recommended Common Sense on Mutual Funds?

8 people have recommended Common Sense on Mutual Funds in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Warren Buffett, Money Mustache, Peter Adeney and Mr. Money Mustache. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Common Sense on Mutual Funds worth reading?

8 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a mid-career employee rebalancing a 401(k) after a promotion who needs concrete reasons to favor low-cost funds — because it lays out how fees and turnover chip away at returns and gives language to justify low-fee choices in plan lineups; a junior financial advisor at a small firm preparing for client meetings where clients hold high-fee active funds — because it provides plain-language talking points and historical examples to make the cost case to skeptical clients; a DIY investor deciding whether to replace active mutual funds with index funds in a taxable account who wants straightforward heuristics — because the book highlights expense ratios, turnover, and tax drag as simple decision criteria to weigh now. It may not suit: annoying if you prefer bite-sized, tradeable steps or copy‑paste checklists — the book argues and chronicles rather than offering templates, step-by-step plans, or hands-on exercises; you'll likely put it down around the book's middle when the same cost-versus-performance point is restated across chapters and long industry-history passages accumulate into polemic; lose interest if you want quantitative models, factor-timing tactics, or short-term trading rules — this favors buy-and-hold, fee-first guidance rather than backtests or timing systems.

What books are like Common Sense on Mutual Funds?

Readers of Common Sense on Mutual Funds also turn to The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, The Intelligent Investor and The Undoing Project, based on the lists and recommenders these books share.

Common Sense on Mutual Funds: Recommended by 8 People

Name: Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Author: John C. Bogle

John C. Bogle shares his extensive insights on investing in mutual funds Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle. Now, in this completely updated Second Edition, Bogle returns to take another critical look at the mutual fund...