
Contrarian value investor whose Windsor Fund became the highest-returning and then largest mutual fund, closing to new investors in the 1980s; retired from Vanguard in 1995. Died in 2019.
Vanguard Windsor Fund
Wellington Management
Thirty-one years of market-beating results at Windsor, distilled into one book that remains the standard statement of low-P/E contrarian investing.
1 book of their own · 3 letters
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai
John Neff on Investing | – | 1999 | Mohnish Pabrai |
| Vanguard Windsor Fund Semi-Annual Report, six months ended April 30, 1996 - Report from the Adviser carrying Neff's signature | Vanguard Windsor Fund returned 13.8% in the first half of fiscal 1996, matching the market's rise. | 2 1996 | 1996-04-30 | PG&E, American Express |
| Vanguard Windsor Fund Annual Report, fiscal year ended October 31, 1995 - Report from the Adviser, signed John B. Neff | John Bogle reports Windsor Fund returned 17.8% in fiscal 1995, a year for blue-chip growth rather than value stocks, and announces Jack Brennan as his successor as CEO. | 4 1995 | 1995-10-31 | Seagate Technology, PG&E, American Express, Citigroup |
| Vanguard Windsor Fund Semi-Annual Report, six months ended April 30, 1995 - Report from the Adviser, signed John B. Neff | Windsor Fund's return in the first half of fiscal 1995 was solid but fell well short of the surging market. | 2 1995 | 1995-04-30 |
| Remembering John Neff, a Legendary Investor Paywall | Barron's | 2019 |
| John Neff Outperformed the Stock Market for Three Decades Paywall | The Wall Street Journal | 2019 |
| John Neff’s History Class Paywall | Barron's | 2002 |