Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
18 May 2026 Acquired Vanguard
“Some people know that Vanguard is owned by its fund investors, but I think few people realize that is why it is low cost.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 18 May 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Vanguard
Transcript context
…You should be. You should be. All right. Other playbook themes. This is a case study in aligning incentives. If you want something to happen, and Jack really wanted low-cost investing to happen since the math showed that it was superior in the majority of cases, you need to align incentives for it. So I think most people coming into this episode know Vanguard has low-cost index funds. Some people know that Vanguard is owned by its fund investors, but I think few people realize that is why it is low cost. Yeah.…
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