• Traditional 'Fanous' lanterns are displayed in a market in Cairo, Egypt, 04 March 2024. People put up decorations and ornaments as part of the celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start in Egypt on 11 March. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA / KHALED ELFIQI
    Traditional 'Fanous' lanterns are displayed in a market in Cairo, Egypt, 04 March 2024. People put up decorations and ornaments as part of the celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start in Egypt on 11 March. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA / KHALED ELFIQI
  • The Mustansiriya School, opened in 1233, in Iraq's capital Baghdad, is the oldest Arabian-Islamic university for theology, astronomy, philosophy and maths. AFP
    The Mustansiriya School, opened in 1233, in Iraq's capital Baghdad, is the oldest Arabian-Islamic university for theology, astronomy, philosophy and maths. AFP
  • Displaced Palestinians try to get internet service on their phones in Rafah, southern Gaza. Reuters
    Displaced Palestinians try to get internet service on their phones in Rafah, southern Gaza. Reuters
  • The Northern Lights illuminate the sky above F-35B Lightning jets on the flight deck of the Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales, off the coast of Norway. AP
    The Northern Lights illuminate the sky above F-35B Lightning jets on the flight deck of the Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales, off the coast of Norway. AP
  • Chinese ethnic minority delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress of China in Beijing. EPA
    Chinese ethnic minority delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress of China in Beijing. EPA
  • A security officer stands guard near the venue where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to speak at a public rally on March 7 in Srinagar. AFP
    A security officer stands guard near the venue where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to speak at a public rally on March 7 in Srinagar. AFP
  • A child runs across the shot as national leaders sit for a photo at the Asean-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. Reuters
    A child runs across the shot as national leaders sit for a photo at the Asean-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. Reuters
  • A lone walker at the shuttered Boreal Mountain Resort, in Soda Springs, California, US, after a four-day storm dumped three metres of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. AFP
    A lone walker at the shuttered Boreal Mountain Resort, in Soda Springs, California, US, after a four-day storm dumped three metres of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. AFP
  • Counter-protesters fix a ripped banner of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo as a demonstrators demanded his impeachment, the rejection of the general election results and the removal of members of the General Election Commission, at the entrance to parliament in Jakarta. AFP
    Counter-protesters fix a ripped banner of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo as a demonstrators demanded his impeachment, the rejection of the general election results and the removal of members of the General Election Commission, at the entrance to parliament in Jakarta. AFP
  • Soledad Ruiz holds an image of her son Apolinar Silgado Ruiz, a victim of paramilitaries in Colombia. After searching for him for 24 years ago, she received his remains in a small coffin at her home in San Onofre. AFP
    Soledad Ruiz holds an image of her son Apolinar Silgado Ruiz, a victim of paramilitaries in Colombia. After searching for him for 24 years ago, she received his remains in a small coffin at her home in San Onofre. AFP
  • A man carries firewood along a snow-laden road in Kalam, Pakistan. AFP
    A man carries firewood along a snow-laden road in Kalam, Pakistan. AFP
  • Models present creations at Chanel's ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2024/2025 show at Paris Fashion Week. AFP
    Models present creations at Chanel's ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2024/2025 show at Paris Fashion Week. 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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