David F. Swensen Quotes

• Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.

  David F. Swensen

  Underestimate, Pool, Gullibility

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• Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.

  David F. Swensen

  Investing, Return, Mutual Fund

  "Yale’s Swensen Says Index Funds Best Plan for Most Investors" by Kelly Bit, www.bloomberg.com. January 31, 2012.

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• Unless an investor has access to “incredibly high-qualified professionals,” they “should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual investors and most institutional investors.

  David F. Swensen

  Investing, Individual, Should

  "Yale Gets Educated In Retirement Plans" by Dan Solin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2016.

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• Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom.

  David F. Swensen

  Independent, Eye, Acceptance

  David F. Swensen (2009). “Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe that the greatest teachers create thinking students.

  David F. Swensen

  Profesor, Creer, Pensar

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• A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0.6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent of funds that fail to meet or beat the Vanguard 500 Index Fund lose by a wealth-destroying margin of 4.8 percent per annum.

  David F. Swensen

  Investing, Gains, Wealth

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• When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating the index fund.

  David F. Swensen

  Long, Looks, Investing

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• Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.

  David F. Swensen

  People, Feel Good, Mind

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• Creo que nadie está en condiciones de reaccionar ante estas grandes cuestiones macroeconómicas. ¿Dónde va a estar el dólar o cuál va a ser el crecimiento del PIB en China? Por cada persona inteligente en un lado de la cuestión, hay otra persona inteligente en el otro lado.

  David F. Swensen

  Smart, Thinking, Issues

  "Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor : The System Is Rigged Against You, Can You Beat the Odds Or Should You Stay On the Sidelines?" by Dan Solin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2008.

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• That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an ancient traditional approach or some new version, popular or obscure.

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  Benefits, Matter, Ancient

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• Millions of mutual-fund investors sleep well at night, serene in the belief that superior outcomes result from pooling funds with like-minded investors and engaging high-quality investment managers to provide professional insight. The conventional wisdom ends up hopelessly unwise, as evidence shows an overwhelming rate of failure by mutual funds to deliver on promises.

  David F. Swensen

  Sleep, Night, Promise

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• The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives.

  David F. Swensen

  Maturity, Understanding, Depth

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• I've always viewed high-frequency trading as a tax on the rest of us.

  David F. Swensen

  Investing, Taxes, Trading

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• Invest in low-turnover, passively managed index funds... and stay away from profit-driven investment management organizations... The mutual fund industry is a colossal failure... resulting from its systematic exploitation of individual investors... as funds extract enormous sums from investors in exchange for providing a shocking disservice... Excessive management fees take their toll, and manager profits dominate fiduciary responsibility.

  David F. Swensen

  Responsibility, Organization, Systematic

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• Jack Bogle's passionate cry of Enough! contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Employing a seamless mix of personal anecdotes, hard evidence and all-too-often-underrated subjective admonitions, Bogle challenges each of us to aspire to become better members of our families, our professions and our communities. Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought. Read this book.

  David F. Swensen

  Life Lesson, Book, Thought Provoking

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• The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated by our giant corporations and state and local governments. Indexing is also the predominant strategy for the largest of them all, the retirement plan for federal government employees, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The plan has been a remarkable success, and now holds some $173 billion of assets for the benefit of our public servants and members of armed services.

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  Retirement, Simple, Government

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• The real riches of yoga cannot be seen; they are felt and experienced from the inside out.

  David F. Swensen

  Real, Yoga, Riches

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• I've tried many other styles of yoga, but nothing has ever given me the same centeredness, energy, and internal balance that I feel when practicing Ashtanga Yoga.

  David F. Swensen

  Yoga, Style, Balance

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• A yogi is one who leaves a place a little nicer than when they arrived.

  David F. Swensen

  Littles, Yogi

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• I've worked many jobs throughout my life, which has ultimately enhanced my appreciation for the opportunity to teach yoga and share something so positive.

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  Appreciation, Jobs, Yoga

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• I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable companies. It doesn't make sense.

  David F. Swensen

  Thinking, Awards, Ideas

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• Animo a los estudiantes a probar diferentes estilos de yoga y diferentes profesores, incluso dentro de un mismo sistema. Busca el profesor que te inspire y practica el yoga que te haga sentir mejor. Así encontrarás la práctica auténtica para tu vida y tu camino.

  David F. Swensen

  Teacher, Yoga, Practice

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• Mi actitud hacia la enseñanza siempre ha sido la misma. Desde el principio, quise hacer el yoga accesible para que cualquiera, independientemente de su capacidad, pudiera experimentar su maravilla, alegría y poder. Animo a los alumnos a cuestionarse, aprender y desarrollar su propia práctica personal.

  David F. Swensen

  Attitude, Yoga, Teaching

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• Practicing yoga is a constant evolution. The Ashtanga system can appear very rigid, with its predetermined sequences, but actually there's great freedom within its structure. From the repetition, we learn to find depth in the minutiae of the actions and the wonder of breath and prana.

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  Yoga, Depth, Action

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• Mi primer encuentro con el yoga fue en 1969 con mi hermano mayor Doug. Yo tenía trece años y él dieciocho. Había conocido el yoga en California en un viaje de surf, y cuando volvió a Houston, Texas, me presentó esta nueva materia que había aprendido. Siempre le estaré agradecido por esa influencia positiva a una edad tan temprana.

  David F. Swensen

  Brother, Yoga, Grateful

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