A decline in stock prices during a bout of market volatility often elicits the comment that “this is a buying opportunity because markets always bounce
On the 40th anniversary[1] of the launch of the First Index Investment Trust (now the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), it is interesting to note how
A well-written recent New York Times article seeks to elucidate the causes of investor (mis)behavior through recent research into behavioral finance. In the article, the
In a follow up to an S&P Dow Jones Indices Study from the summer 2014 “Does Past Performance Matter? The Persistence Scorecard”, a New York
Diversifying a portfolio through the global allocation of various asset classes increases expected return and reduces portfolio volatility over time. Both worthwhile goals. But like
Responding to an email, I came up with this and thought it was worth sharing… The fundamental problem with bond guys is they are programmed
Last week, CalPERS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which manages approximately $300 billion on behalf of 1.6 million public school and other local and
“The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link,
In a recent white paper, “Vanguard – Quantifying Advisor Alpha“, mutual fund company Vanguard attempts to quantify the added value of the “passive” investment advisor.
Much has been made recently of the weak performance of Emerging Market (EM) equities both on an absolute and a relative basis. As we can
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