Issue Briefs

Long-term strategies: Can the broad market be beat?
Dimensional Head of Investment Strategists Wes Crill joins CNBC’s “ETF Edge” to discuss the pitfalls of attempting to time the market (0:15), outguessing vs. outperforming ...
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Tales from the Crypto: How to Think About Bitcoin
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Flexibility in Practice: How Dimensional Handled the GameStop saga compared to an Index
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Think Investing Is a Game? Stop.
By David Booth, Executive Chairman and Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors It’s easy to view the stories of market speculation that have dominated the news ...
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What should investors make of the dramatic stock price movements?
I also recommend this great read on the GameStop saga by Larry Hatheway & Alex Friedman, "The Game Stops Here." A recent flurry of return ...
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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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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.
- From 1926 ...
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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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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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Pursuing a Better Investment Experience
Our popular brochure, "Pursuing a Better Investment Experience," has been updated with data through 2019. It describes principles for investing in the capital markets that ...
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When Stocks and the Economy Diverge
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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Investing Peace Of Mind
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The Secure Act: What Does It Mean For You?
Find out what The Secure Act may mean for you by downloading our brochure ...
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Can Small Cap Stocks Weather the Storm?
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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Long-Term Investors, Don’t Let a Recession Faze You
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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Sticking to Principles
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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Stimulus Package—Quick Takes
The Senate passed the Stimulus Bill last night. Here are a few quick takes.
- The bill will provide a one-time $1,200 payment if ...
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