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News and commentary to help replace speculation with investment literacy.
2020, Looking Back on an Unprecedented Year
The year 2020 proved to be one of the most tumultuous in modern history, marked by a number of developments that were historically unprecedented. But ...
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How Much Impact Will The Biden Presidency Have On Stocks?
People often ask whether they should change their investments based on who wins the presidency. It’s natural for investors to seek a connection between who ...
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Dejan Ilijevski in the News Media
2020 Q3 These are some of the news articles and journal publications in which Dejan was recently quoted promoting an evidence-based approach to investing. ...
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2020 Q3 Market Review
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the third quarter of 2020. It begins with a global overview, then ...
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Think Twice About Chasing the Biggest Stocks
As companies grow to become some of the largest firms trading on the US stock market, the returns that push them there can be impressive ...
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Is the Stock Market Democrat or Republican?
There is no statistically-significant correlation between party in power and stock market returns. Even if you had a crystal ball and could predict the election ...
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Market Returns Through a Century of Recessions
What does a century of economic cycles teach investors about investing? Dimensional's interactive exhibit examines how stocks have behaved during US economic downturns. Markets around ...
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What History Tells Us About Elections and the Market
Investors often wonder whether the market will rise or fall based on who is elected president. The data show that capturing the long-term returns of ...
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Bulls, Bears, and Long-Term Benefits of Stock Investing
Stock returns are volatile, but nearly a century of bull and bear markets shows that the good times have outshined the bad times.
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Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging
Some investors favor a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) approach to deploying their investment capital. Unlike lump-sum investing, in which the full amount of available capital is invested up front, ...
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The Futility of Market Timing
This week, Robin Powell, a UK-based investor advocate, writes in his The Evidence-Based Investor blog: "If global stock markets have taught us anything this year, ...
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By day-trading, Millennials are diminishing the power of their most valuable commodity…time.
With the emergence of platforms like Robinhood (robinhood.com), many Millennials (and older Gen Z'ers) are speculating with their savings by day-trading. Some are posting on ...
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2020 Q2 Market Review
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the ...
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Get Your Free College Money Report
Get a fully customized College Money Report to help demystify your student's college financial aid outlook. Find the answers your family needs in 5 minutes ...
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Investing and market efficiency – TBS
This video from the Toulouse Business School seeks to address, in under four minutes and in a light-hearted manner, an important and profound idea in ...
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Dejan Ilijevski in the News Media
2020 Q2 These are some of the news articles and journal publications that recently quoted Dejan. How Can Financial Advisors Serve Clients With Fewer ...
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Giant Firms Atop The Market Is Nothing New
A top-heavy stock market with the largest 10 stocks accounting for over 20% of market capitalization and a marquee technology firm perched at No. 1? ...
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All expressions of opinion are subject to change. Posts and articles are distributed for informational purposes, and are not to be construed as offers, solicitation, recommendations, or endorsement of any particular security, products, or services. Investors should talk to their investment advisor prior to making any investment decision.
There is no guarantee investment strategies will be successful. Investing involves risks including possible loss of principal. There is always the risk that an investor may lose money. A long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit. Diversification does not eliminate the risk of market loss. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
