Can You Predict Postelection Winners?

January 24, 2025

The types of businesses that stand to benefit from a new administration may seem predictable, but be careful about letting that factor into your allocation.

Prediction Season

January 17, 2025

An Investing Plan for This Year: Doing Less Can Lead to More

January 14, 2025

Reality Check: Capital Market Assumptions vs. Actual Returns

December 20, 2024

Market Review 2024: Stocks Overcome Uncertainty to Notch Another Strong Year

January 6, 2025

Insights & Updates

November 19, 2024

Election Results Shouldn’t Dictate Your Investments

Regardless of election results, we should be optimistic about the market.

November 15, 2024

How to Feel About Consumer Feelings

Looking at the Consumer Sentiment Index and subsequent market returns shows no discernible pattern, except that stocks tend to go up more often than they go dow

November 4, 2024

Mergers & Liquidations

For investors who have thoughtfully crafted an asset allocation, a fund merger may be just as undesirable as a straight liquidation.

October 29, 2024

Vote with Your Ballot, Not Your Life Savings

There’s a lot of noise out there. And what’s important—in politics and investing—is being able to separate the meaningful information from the noise.

October 29, 2024

Does Pursuing Premiums Increase Risk?

Pursuing premiums doesn’t have to widen the range of outcomes for investment performance

October 22, 2024

The Big Picture When It Comes to Small Caps

Small caps have outperformed large caps handily in developed non-US markets and emerging markets.

October 22, 2024

WealthBT: More Bite to Tech Stocks than Just FAANGs

Dimensional Head of Investment Research Wei Dai was the featured guest on a recent episode of WealthBT, a podcast by The Business Times in Singapore.

October 22, 2024

Remembering John “Mac” McQuown, Whose Curiosity Drove a Life of Innovation

John “Mac” McQuown, a founding Director of Dimensional Fund Advisors in 1981, was a financial engineer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist.

October 17, 2024

Rowing in the Same Direction

David Jones, Head of UK and Ireland Advisor Group, reflects on the parallels between rowing and investing, and how a committed crew can lead to better outcomes.