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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The road to the market’s long-term average can be bumpy. A long term perspective can help investors weather the ups and downs. Video Source: David ...
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Do you find it puzzling when a bleak economic report emerges from the press, only to be accompanied by a positive surge in the stock ...
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Jed Fogdall from Dimensional details his transition from satellite engineering to portfolio management—and how both roles require cutting through noise to find what really matters ...
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If you had invested $1000 in 1970, how much would it be worth today? What if you missed the best performing single day during this ...
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With recession concerns intensifying in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may be wondering whether small cap stocks are poised to struggle. Are small ...
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Dimensional’s 2020 analysis of US-based mutual funds shows that only a small percentage of funds have outperformed industry benchmarks after costs—and among top-ranked funds based ...
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With activity in many industries sharply curtailed in an effort to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus, some economists say a recession is inevitable, ...
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A famous American football coach once said, “You don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.”1 The implication is that, in ...
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