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Does [fill in the blank] Belong in My Portfolio?
(By Wes Crill, PhD, Head of Investment Strategies, Dimensional Fund Advisors. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on July 1, 2022 and can be found here.) KEY TAKEAWAYS A general framework based on potential benefits and...
Living in a Not. Quite. Right. World
Over the weekend I stopped by a bakery to find the lights off and a handwritten sign taped to the window – “Due to staff shortages we have shortened our hours and will be closed…” A visit to a drycleaner later that day delivered the same result. While shopping for...
Can My Golf Game Predict the Stock Market?
Okay, so I won’t string you along too far into this blog post before answering the title question – No, I can’t predict the stock market by playing golf – one can dream, right?! That being said, a couple recent rounds I played did have a lot in common with historical...
Market Returns through a Century of Recessions
(Featured in Perspectives By Dimensional Fund Advisors. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on June 10, 2022 and can be found here.) What does a century of economic cycles teach investors about investing? Our interactive...
Awareness Rules
As I blogged a while back in “Counting Calories”, my wife and I started the year in the most clichéd way possible and hired a virtual trainer to help us with our nutrition. Before we began, we were issued the rules of engagement. Weigh ourselves each morning. Record...
Taking Control During a Market Correction
There’s so much that is out of our control at any given moment and what we are living through today is no exception. Investors and consumers alike are worried about a number of things: gas prices, supply chain issues, inflation, the war in Ukraine, rising interest...
Worried About Stocks? Why Long-Term Investing is Crucial
(By David Booth, Executive Chairman and Founder, Dimensional Fund Advisors. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on May 23, 2022 and can be found here.) We are living in a time of extreme uncertainty and the anxiety that...
Nothing is Permanent
Every time we think something is permanent, we are eventually proven wrong. It’s especially true with the economy and financial markets. After the financial crisis of 2008 – 2009, inflation remained low for over a decade. Imports from China and other countries with...
Money Lessons from the Kentucky Derby
Regular readers, or those who know me have probably heard I am originally from Louisville, Kentucky. I’m not shy when it comes to talking about my hometown. When you’re born and raised in Louisville, you’re indoctrinated into the tradition of The Kentucky Derby from a...
Is It Time to Get Out of Bonds?
As we referenced in our quarterly letter and blogged about last month, it has been a difficult time in markets with lots of volatility and the usual inverse relationship between stocks and bonds missing with both in negative territory for the year. The causes of this...
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