Vanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio)

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1Main point 1The publisher describes Vanguard fund investors as owners of the firm itself.Source: Acquired · AI review of publisher description

2Main point 2The description says excess margin is returned to clients through lower fees.Source: Acquired · AI review of publisher description

3Main point 3The publisher frames Vanguard’s structure as a way for investors to retain more of the returns from American businesses.Source: Acquired · AI review of publisher description

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Publisher chapters

• 0:00 ↗Start
• 0:41 ↗Intro
• 5:30 ↗Jack Bogle's Early Life & Family Ruin (1929)
• 12:34 ↗Princeton Thesis & Mutual Funds Emerge (1949-1951)
• 27:20 ↗Joining Wellington Management (1951)
• 30:38 ↗The Go-Go Years & Fidelity's Ascent (1958-1965)
• 40:36 ↗Jack Takes the Reins & The Ivest Merger (1965)
• 46:04 ↗The Go-Go Bust & Jack's Crisis of Conscience (1970-1973)
• 53:28 ↗Jack is Fired: The Genesis of Vanguard (1974)
• 1:13:03 ↗The Journal Article That Inspired It All (1974-1976)
• 1:35:02 ↗Building the Fund & Early Struggles (1976-1981)
• 1:44:32 ↗The Rise of Indexing & Vanguard's Growth (1988-1992)
• 1:49:06 ↗Jack's Health & The CEO Transition (1995-1996)
• 2:00:06 ↗The ETF Debate & Jack's Second Firing (1999)
• 2:24:18 ↗The 2008 Financial Crisis: Vanguard's Moment
• 2:30:46 ↗The Warren Buffett Bet (2008-2019)
• 2:41:28 ↗Fidelity & BlackRock's Resurgence (Post-2008)
• 2:52:04 ↗Salim Ramji: Vanguard's First Outside CEO
• 3:04:43 ↗Wellington's Comeback & Mutual Ownership
• 3:08:23 ↗Analysis
• 3:30:58 ↗Quintessence
• 3:39:35 ↗Carve-Outs + Outro