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Should You Do Something?
We’ve had a few rough years beginning with Covid and all the changes it forced on us, followed by daily feeds of death and destruction in Ukraine on social media today. Labor and material shortages caused by a variety of factors sparked inflation last year, and the...
Assessing the Impact of the War in Ukraine
I’d be wrong to write about the relatively trivial topics of investments, economics, and financial planning without first acknowledging the tragic set of circumstances playing out in Ukraine. As is the case with any war, it’s incredibly sad to see the loss of life...
My Time in Sherwood Forest
A little over a year ago, I set out on an experiment. App-based trading platforms, led by Robinhood, had exploded onto the scene. Investors, young ones in particular, poured into the app which in the early days of the pandemic saw accounts on its platform go from 7.2...
Navigating Geopolitical Events
(By Karen Umland, Senior Investment Director & Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on February 22, 2022 and can be found here.) March 4 Update: On March 2, 2022, DFA announced...
You Want the Size, Value, and Profitability Premiums…But How?
(by Wei Dai, PhD, Head of Investment Research & Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Original post can be found here and was published on February 2, 2022.) KEY TAKEAWAYS Capturing the size, value, and profitability premiums in real-world portfolios...
Nothing Lasts Forever
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Tesla and Meta (Facebook) have dominated investing discussions and been the primary drivers behind the Nasdaq and S&P 500 returns in recent years. Their outperformance vs. other companies have led some to experience...
Dude Where’s My Car?
It’s likely you’ve noticed or experienced what is going on in the market for new and used cars even if you are not looking for a vehicle. Have you passed by a dealership with near empty lots? Did you hear the news story from last Spring of the Kentucky Motor Speedway...
Counting Calories
In what may be the very most cliché way to start a new year, my wife and I have started working with a virtual nutrition & fitness trainer the last few weeks in the hopes of shedding a few unwanted pounds. This isn’t a diet, per se. We’re not cutting carbs, eating...
Portfolio Thinking
(from Seth Godin’s blog dated January 14, 2022. Click here for the original post. Seth is the author of 20 books that have been bestsellers all over the world. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and...
Dimensional’s Takes on the Biggest Topics of 2021
(From Perspectives, a blog provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors, LP. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on December 30, 2021 and can be found here.) Every year, Dimensional’s team of researchers and investment solutions...
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