More Straight Talk on Investing. John J. Brennan

20 Navigating Distractions to Reach Your Destination Trust the Truths You Already Know Recognize That Everyone Has an Agenda Be Wary of Market Predictions Be Skeptical of Hype About Hot Performance Be Suspicious of “Experts” What Makes Headlines Is Not Always New Beware the “New, New Thing” 21 Is the “Smart Money” Smart? Yes, but… An Introduction to Alternative Investments 22 Regrets? I've Had a Few 23 Getting to Boca Destination Boca You Can't Eat Relative Performance How to Make Sense of Relative Performance Information Your Fund's Performance Isn't the Same as Your Investment Performance My Dad's in Boca

      12  Afterword

      13  Postscript Where Did My Income Go?

      14  Appendix: Investment Terms Active Management After-tax Returns Aggressive Growth Fund Asset Allocation Asset Classes Back-end Load Balanced Fund Blend Fund Bonds Capital Gains Distribution Cash Investments Compounding Credit Risk Diversification Dividend Dollar-cost Averaging Donor-advised Fund Duration Education Savings Account (ESA) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Fund Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) Expense Ratio Factor Fund Financial Advisor Front-end Load Growth Fund High-yield Bond Income Income Risk Index Index Fund Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Inflation Interest Rate Risk Investment Horizon Investment Objective Load Fund Management Fee Market Capitalization Market Risk Money Market Fund Municipal Bonds Mutual Fund Net Asset Value (NAV) No-load Fund Portfolio Portfolio Manager Principal Prospectus Redemption Fee Robo-advisor Stocks Target-date Fund Target-risk Funds Tax-exempt Bonds Total Return Treasury Inflation-protected Securities Turnover Rate Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) Value Fund Variable