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.
Speaking on Morningstar's The Long View podcast in May 2025, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig offered sobering advice for investors grappling with unprecedented market uncertainty. As global markets wrestle with President Trump's sweeping tariff policies, Zweig warned: "We don't know that fundamental rules haven't changed...but that's an awful lot of things to be right about" when making dramatic portfolio changes. Zweig's commentary comes as he prepares the latest e
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