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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 Big Market Delusion
By LARRY SWEDROE “Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper. To trace the history of the most prominent of these delusions is the object of the...
As investors have grown more astute, passive investing has grown
By PATRICK CAIRNS Every year, it seems that there is a new argument against index funds. Investors can almost count on someone in the industry making the news with a criticism or a warning about why they are not a good...
Markets have fallen. Should you buy, sell or do nothing?
It’s been another turbulent day in the financial world. A steep fall in the price of oil has spooked stock markets already reeling from fears about the spread of coronavirus. As we’ve said many times before, the best course of action at...
Robin’s Reads, Week 10, 2020
By ROBIN POWELL Investing Don’t stress about things you can’t control (Jonathan Clements) The questions every investor should be asking themselves (Ben Carlson) A crisis is not the time to abandon a reasonable approach to investing (Joe Wiggins) What the latest...
What the latest research tells us about the value premium
By GARRETT QUIGLEY from Global Systematic Investors Summary In their latest research paper, Fama and French examine whether the recent lower returns to the value premium mean that its expected return has changed and conclude that it is within the range...
New study provides fresh insight on bond returns
This is a guest post from DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS At Dimensional, we have used a systematic approach to pursue higher expected returns in fixed income since 1983. Just like in equities, we use information in current market prices to identify differences...
