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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.
Robin Powell
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Semi-liquid private credit funds are facing their first real test
Through 2026, retail investors in semi-liquid private credit funds tested their promised liquidity — and lost. New research reveals why the quarterly gates designed to prevent panic actually create it: because meeting redemptions imposes costs on those who stay, everyone has an incentive to run first.
Robin Powell
Jul 88 min read
The private credit party is over. Guess who's cleaning up?
Billions are fleeing private credit funds as returns slide and redemptions surge. Financial historian Mark Higgins warns that retail investors aren't being offered a seat at the table — they're being positioned at the end of a speculative supply chain, left to absorb risks the smart money no longer wants.
Robin Powell
Jan 2612 min read
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