The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in English
Raja Babu
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To Paul A. Samuelson, professor of economics
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Nobel Laureate, investment sage.
In 1948 when I was a student at Princeton
University, his classic textbook introduced me
to economics. In 1974, his writings reignited my
interest in market indexing as an investment strategy.
In 1976, his Newsweek column applauded my cre-
ation of the world’s first index mutual fund. In
1993, he wrote the foreword to my first book, and
in 1999 he provided a powerful endorsement for my
second. Now in his ninety-second year, he remains
my mentor, my inspiratio
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To Paul A. Samuelson, professor of economics
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Nobel Laureate, investment sage.
In 1948 when I was a student at Princeton
University, his classic textbook introduced me
to economics. In 1974, his writings reignited my
interest in market indexing as an investment strategy.
In 1976, his Newsweek column applauded my cre-
ation of the world’s first index mutual fund. In
1993, he wrote the foreword to my first book, and
in 1999 he provided a powerful endorsement for my
second. Now in his ninety-second year, he remains
my mentor, my inspiratio
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in English
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The Relentless Rules of Humble Arithmetic
Chapter Seventeen
“The Relentless Rules
of Humble Arithmetic”
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Reprise
IF THE MESSAGE IN this book comes across as confident,
please understand that it is little more than common
sense. Even more, please understand that my confidence
in the index fund is buttressed by the conclusions of many
of the smartest, most experienced, most successful in-
vestors in the United States including Warren Buffett,
Charlie Munger, and Benjamin Graham, along with top
academics and endowment managers—Nobel Laureates
Paul Samuelson, William Sharpe, and Daniel Kahneman
and Princeton’s Burton Malkiel, Yale’s David Swensen,
Harvard’s Jack Meyer, and MIT’s Andrew Lo.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in English
To Paul A. Samuelson, professor of economics
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Nobel Laureate, investment sage.
In 1948 when I was a student at Princeton
University, his classic textbook introduced me
to economics. In 1974, his writings reignited my
interest in market indexing as an investment strategy.
In 1976, his Newsweek column applauded my cre-
ation of the world’s first index mutual fund. In
1993, he wrote the foreword to my first book, and
in 1999 he provided a powerful endorsement for my
second. Now in his ninety-second year, he remains
my mentor, my inspiratio
