The Bogleheads' guide to the three-fund portfolio : how a simple portfolio of three total market index funds outperforms most investors with less risk

Intro -- The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio: How a Simple Portfolio of Three Total Market Index Funds Outperforms Most Investors with Less Risk -- Praise for The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE The Investment Industry -- CHAPTER TWO John C. Bogle-The Investor's Best Friend -- CHAPTER THREE John Bogle Introduces Three Total Market Index Funds -- CHAPTER FOUR Twenty Benefits of Total Market Index Funds (in no particular order) -- BENEFIT 1: NO ADVISOR RISK -- BENEFIT 2: NO ASSET BLOAT -- BENEFIT 3: NO INDEX FRONT RUNNING -- BENEFIT 4: NO FUND MANAGER RISK -- Specific Fund Manager Risks -- BENEFIT 5: NO INDIVIDUAL STOCK RISK -- BENEFIT 6: NO OVERLAP -- BENEFIT 7: NO SECTOR RISK -- BENEFIT 8: NO STYLE DRIFT -- BENEFIT 9: LOW TRACKING ERROR -- BENEFIT 10: ABOVE-AVERAGE RETURN -- BENEFIT 11: SIMPLIFIED CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS -- BENEFIT 12: THE BENEFIT OF CONSISTENCY -- BENEFIT 13: LOW TURNOVER -- BENEFIT 14: LOW COSTS -- BENEFIT 15: MAXIMUM DIVERSIFICATION (LOWER RISK) -- BENEFIT 16: PORTFOLIO EFFICIENCY (BEST RISK/RETURN RATIO) -- BENEFIT 17: LOW MAINTENANCE -- BENEFIT 18: EASY TO REBALANCE -- BENEFIT 19: TAX EFFICIENCY -- BENEFIT 20: SIMPLICITY (FOR INVESTORS, CAREGIVERS, AND HEIRS) -- CHAPTER FIVE Getting Started -- CHAPTER SIX Stay the Course -- APPENDIX I What Experts Say -- APPENDIX II Meet the Bogleheads: Mel Lindauer, President, The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy -- EARLY HISTORY -- BOGLEHEAD CONFERENCES -- THE BIG MOVE -- FORUM STATISTICS -- LOCAL CHAPTERS -- WIKI -- BOGLEHEADS BOOKS -- THE JOHN C. BOGLE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY -- Glossary of Financial Terms -- Index -- EULA