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By LARRY SWEDROE Investors concerned about risk care about more than just volatility. They also care about tail risk, including how...

By LARRY SWEDROE Investors concerned about risk care about more than just volatility. They also care about tail risk, including how...

The recent Glasgow climate change conference heard eye-watering numbers on the investment needed for the world to achieve net zero...

By LARRY SWEDROE The Global Financial Crisis led to increased bank regulation and a reduction in banks’ risk appetite. The reduction in...

Robin writes: I'm often asked to recommend books about investing. I tend to recommend two (other than Invest your Way to Financial...

We've written many times about so-called closet index funds . These are funds that describe and market themselves as actively managed —...

To be a successful active investor, you don't just need to buy the right stocks at the right time; you also have to decide which stocks...

All of the mid-year SPIVA scorecards from S&P Dow Jones Indices are now in. The reports summarise the performance of domestically focused...

By LARRY SWEDROE Investing in the shares of firms with morally questionable business models (“sin” stocks, such as tobacco, alcohol and...

In most households it tends to be men who make the investment decisions. But, as ROBIN POWELL explains in this article for SCM Direct ,...

Since the pandemic began, confirmation bias has been identified by financial advisers as the second most prevalent investor bias and one...

Since the pandemic began, confirmation bias has been identified by financial advisers as the second most prevalent investor bias and one...

By LARRY SWEDROE Over the period 2017-2020, U.S. small value stocks experienced a historic drawdown relative to U.S. large growth stocks....

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our concept of work, accelerating technology-driven trends and leading to the embrace of...

Robin writes: I gave a presentation to financial advice firms for Dimensional Fund Advisors the other day. One of the issues we discussed...

Robin writes: I gave a presentation to financial advice firms for Dimensional Fund Advisors the other day. One of the issues we discussed...

Tactical asset allocation sounds like a great idea. What's not to like about a fund that switches between different asset classes in...

Tactical asset allocation sounds like a great idea. What's not to like about a fund that switches between different asset classes in...

Robin writes: I'm so very sad to learn of the passing of my former colleague and fellow TEBI contributor Carolyn Gowen. Carolyn was a...

Among the giants of finance, few have had an influence as far-reaching as John Bogle. While the Vanguard Group founder and indexing...