Burton Malkiel & John Bogle

A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)

Burton Malkiel (b. 1932), a Princeton economist, popularized the efficient-market hypothesis for a general audience in A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973), arguing that stock prices already reflect available information and that low-cost index investing tends to beat active stock-picking over time. John Bogle (1929–2019) founded Vanguard in 1975 and created the first index mutual fund for individual investors, turning Malkiel's argument into a practical, widely-used product; his The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007) is considered a classic statement of the case for indexing.

🧠 Core Philosophy

The efficient-market hypothesis: an investor usually has no real informational edge on a single stock, so a strong, consistent body of evidence should be required before justifying a deviation from simple, low-cost index investing.

❓ Key Question

"Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?"

📚 Sources

A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973)
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)

🔍 Current Market Scan — Burton Malkiel & John Bogle Fit

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⚠️ Important

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