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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering. As anyone who’s read The...
The names are never the same
By LARRY SWEDROE I do not believe that (investment advisers) can identify, in advance, the top-performing managers — no one can — and I would avoid those who claim they can do so. — John Bogle Paula had...
The best friend investors have never heard of
By ROBIN POWELL He’s arguably done more to advance the cause of ordinary investors than anyone except the late Jack Bogle. And the chances are you’ve probably never heard of him. His name is Jerry Schlichter, and he’s the founding and...
Let’s make EBI fun, Part 1
By ROBIN POWELL As any parent who’s had to juggle paid work with home schooling during the lockdown will tell you, educating children isn’t easy. Good teachers aren’t given nearly enough credit for what they do. The biggest challenge is getting...
Do you think you’re smarter than Terry Smith?
There are good times and bad times to be invested in stocks, but even a successful manager like Smith doesn’t try to time the market.
Truth tellers versus salesmen
Everyone has their opinions about markets and investing, and they’re entitled to them. But it’s ironic that some of the most successful and renowned investors over the decades have been those least likely to be dogmatic in expressing their views. Perhaps...
A cautionary tale about chasing performance
By LARRY SWEDROE My 2007 book Wise Investing Made Simple: Larry Swedroe’s Tales to Enrich Your Future contained 27 tales whose goal was to educate investors about important investment concepts and strategies. This article is in the spirit of those tales....
