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There are good times and bad times to be invested in stocks, but even a successful manager like Smith doesn’t try to time the market.

Everyone has their opinions about markets and investing, and they’re entitled to them. But it’s ironic that some of the most successful...

By LARRY SWEDROE My 2007 book contained 27 tales whose goal was to educate investors about important investment concepts and strategies....

With just two months to go until the US Presidential election, we can expect plenty of speculation in the coming weeks about the likely...

By LESLEY GREGORY It’s easy to just “set and forget” life insurance, but it’s worth reviewing your policy every few years to see that it...

You’re sitting in your favourite restaurant, feeling famished. The waiter arrives and reads out a long list of mouth-watering specials....

We've written many times about the SPIVA scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices. But Morningstar has its own ongoing measure of active fund...

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY On paper, the football team looked unbeatable. Freed of a salary cap, the coach had opened his chequebook and bought...

By ROBIN POWELL It’s the end of an era. After 38 years in the UK asset management industry, Mark Dampier, the former head of research at...

By LARRY SWEDROE Rebalancing is the process by which a portfolio’s “style drift” caused by market movements is eliminated or minimised....

By JONATHAN CLEMENTS   We all want the good life, though we’d likely differ on what exactly that is. Still, our wish list might include...

Stories help us to understand the world, but we should be aware of their shortcomings in complex environments.

By JOACHIM KLEMENT   We all know that both stocks and bonds have benefited from declining interest rates over the last couple of...

By JASON BUTLER At age 18, Abigail Sweeney was passionate about computer science and the potential for more women to have a role in the...

By NICK MAGGIULLI   Imagine a portfolio that you can own for life. A portfolio that does well during inflation and during deflation. A...

By LARRY SWEDROE The sharp rally in the S&P 500 Index from the March 23, 2020, close of 2,237 to the close on April 20 of 2,823 has led...

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY Any golfer knows that club selection can be a significant contributor to the success or otherwise of their game....

It's well documented that the premium associated with value stocks is long overdue. So now is not a good time to lose patience with it....

Of all the years to be a job-seeking graduate, 2020 might be the toughest yet . Uncertainty faces almost every industry and mass job...

Much of the media commentary around markets and investing positions the individual as a heroic figure, pitching his or her expertise...