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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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Robin Powell
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Robin Powell
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Stop playing market whack-a-mole
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Robin Powell
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You get what you don't pay for
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Robin Powell
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Robin Powell
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Robin Powell
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A strategic approach to rebalancing
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Robin Powell
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Cut yourself some slack
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Robin Powell
Aug 27, 20204 min read
What do investors and trial juries have in common?
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Robin Powell
Aug 26, 20204 min read
Stocks have lagged bonds since 1970. Why?
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Robin Powell
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Is going to university worth the cost?
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Robin Powell
Aug 24, 20205 min read
The All Weather Portfolio explained
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Aug 22, 20207 min read
The cost of anticipating corrections
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Robin Powell
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Robin Powell
Aug 20, 20203 min read
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Robin Powell
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Robin Powell
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Don't invest like you were Don Quixote
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Robin Powell
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