• Muslim devotees leave an overcrowded train after taking part in the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during 'Biswa Ijtema' near Dhaka. AFP
    Muslim devotees leave an overcrowded train after taking part in the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during 'Biswa Ijtema' near Dhaka. AFP
  • Morocco's Jennah Aida Hafsi in the preliminary round of the women's solo free artistic swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. AFP
    Morocco's Jennah Aida Hafsi in the preliminary round of the women's solo free artistic swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. AFP
  • A rickshaw with Pakistan Peoples Party flags makes its way through a flooded street in Karachi. AFP
    A rickshaw with Pakistan Peoples Party flags makes its way through a flooded street in Karachi. AFP
  • Burnt vehicles in the El Olivar commune after a forest fire in Chile. AFP
    Burnt vehicles in the El Olivar commune after a forest fire in Chile. AFP
  • A seven-day heatwave has brought many people to Uruguay's various beaches over the weekend. EPA
    A seven-day heatwave has brought many people to Uruguay's various beaches over the weekend. EPA
  • Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the 76th Independence Day parade in Colombo. EPA
    Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the 76th Independence Day parade in Colombo. EPA
  • Riders compete in the Women’s Elimination race at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Adelaide, Australia. EPA
    Riders compete in the Women’s Elimination race at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Adelaide, Australia. EPA
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    People play in the snow at a park in Shenyang, in north-eastern China's Liaoning province. AFP

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Tributes from the UAE's personal finance community

• Sebastien Aguilar, who heads SimplyFI.org, a non-profit community where people learn to invest Bogleheads’ style

“It is thanks to Jack Bogle’s work that this community exists and thanks to his work that many investors now get the full benefits of long term, buy and hold stock market investing.

Compared to the industry, investing using the common sense approach of a Boglehead saves a lot in costs and guarantees higher returns than the average actively managed fund over the long term. 

From a personal perspective, learning how to invest using Bogle’s approach was a turning point in my life. I quickly realised there was no point chasing returns and paying expensive advisers or platforms. Once money is taken care off, you can work on what truly matters, such as family, relationships or other projects. I owe Jack Bogle for that.”

• Sam Instone, director of financial advisory firm AES International

"Thought to have saved investors over a trillion dollars, Jack Bogle’s ideas truly changed the way the world invests. Shaped by his own personal experiences, his philosophy and basic rules for investors challenged the status quo of a self-interested global industry and eventually prevailed.  Loathed by many big companies and commission-driven salespeople, he has transformed the way well-informed investors and professional advisers make decisions."

• Demos Kyprianou, a board member of SimplyFI.org

"Jack Bogle for me was a rebel, a revolutionary who changed the industry and gave the little guy like me, a chance. He was also a mentor who inspired me to take the leap and take control of my own finances."

• Steve Cronin, founder of DeadSimpleSaving.com

"Obsessed with reducing fees, Jack Bogle structured Vanguard to be owned by its clients – that way the priority would be fee minimisation for clients rather than profit maximisation for the company.

His real gift to us has been the ability to invest in the stock market (buy and hold for the long term) rather than be forced to speculate (try to make profits in the shorter term) or even worse have others speculate on our behalf.

Bogle has given countless investors the ability to get on with their life while growing their wealth in the background as fast as possible. The Financial Independence movement would barely exist without this."

• Zach Holz, who blogs about financial independence at The Happiest Teacher

"Jack Bogle was one of the greatest forces for wealth democratisation the world has ever seen.  He allowed people a way to be free from the parasitical "financial advisers" whose only real concern are the fat fees they get from selling you over-complicated "products" that have caused millions of people all around the world real harm.”

• Tuan Phan, a board member of SimplyFI.org

"In an industry that’s synonymous with greed, Jack Bogle was a lone wolf, swimming against the tide. When others were incentivised to enrich themselves, he stood by the ‘fiduciary’ standard – something that is badly needed in the financial industry of the UAE."

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Wins by KO: 26
Losses: 4

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