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What is evidence-based investing?
Nobody can establish who first used the phrase 'evidence-based investing', and no regulator defines it. Robin Powell, who was given the name by Larry Swedroe in 2015 and is sometimes wrongly credited with coining it, sets out what it actually means: four tests of what counts as evidence, borrowed from a medical parallel that hit the same crisis twelve years ago. Including where he goes further than a global tracker, and why he holds that position less firmly than he used to.
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A red tide of SPAC returns
By LARRY SWEDROE My May 7, 2021, Evidence-Based Investor article, Spac or Spam?, warned investors about investing in special-purpose...
Robin Powell
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Arif Naqvi: fraudster or philanthropist?
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Robin Powell
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Is Australia's affordable advice dream fading?
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Robin Powell
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Book-to-market: Is its explanatory power declining?
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Robin Powell
Aug 27, 20216 min read
Why young investors should embrace EBI
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Robin Powell
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Which country will outperform next is irrelevant
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Robin Powell
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Tactical asset allocation vs static indexing: Who wins?
By LARRY SWEDROE Tactical asset allocation (TAA) is an investment strategy that gained its original popularity in the 1980s. The...
Robin Powell
Aug 24, 20214 min read
The Great Wealth Transfer: Are you ready for it?
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Robin Powell
Aug 23, 20213 min read
If I can give up meat, you can too
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Robin Powell
Aug 21, 20212 min read
Why aren't women more involved in household financial decisions?
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Robin Powell
Aug 20, 20214 min read
How do bad advisers manage their own money?
Do financial advisers who switch their clients' money in and out of different active strategies behave as badly with their own ...
Robin Powell
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Market power and systemic risk
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Robin Powell
Aug 16, 20214 min read
We can't all be above average
Robin writes: Here's an interesting conundrum. As every TEBI reader knows, beating the market over the long term on a cost- and...
Robin Powell
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Investing's untapped market: people with simple needs
The wealth management industry has traditionally focused on serving wealthy individuals with complex needs. But, according to a new...
Robin Powell
Aug 13, 20213 min read
A duration-based explanation for equity factors
By LARRY SWEDROE The main objective of the asset pricing literature is to determine which characteristics are most important for...
Robin Powell
Aug 13, 20216 min read
Always seek a second opinion
The world is full of people telling you what to do with your money, whether it is a stranger in a bar, a well-meaning colleague at work,...
Robin Powell
Aug 12, 20214 min read
What degree of corruption is acceptable?
By JOACHIM KLEMENT A little while ago, I was reading an article in the Texas Observer on Mexican politicians moving the bribes they...
Robin Powell
Aug 11, 20213 min read
The 1% advice fee is toast
By ROBIN POWELL There was an excellent piece by Neal Templin on financial advice fees in the Wall Street Journal the other day. The...
Robin Powell
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Factor drift: what it is and how to tackle it
Over time the factor exposures inherent in stocks also tend to drift, and that can pose a problem for investors and portfolio managers....
Robin Powell
Aug 10, 20216 min read
Can you change your mind about money?
The biggest contribution you can make to your financial wellbeing could be reframing the way you think.
Robin Powell
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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