This is a great article by Jim Parker of DFA.  We need to learn to understand what we can control and what we can’t.  It’s a bit like the...

Central bankers are planning on continuing to boost equity exposure via exchange traded funds. The Bank of Japan, among many others,...

This is a great article by fellow ACA advisor Anthony Kure.  It supports by position that individual stock picking is not a game you will...

There’s a battle brewing for your retirement savings, and it’s shaping up to be a doozy. Billions of dollars each year roll out of...

You might think that a plain-vanilla index mutual fund is synonymous with low fees. But some such funds are charging expenses that might...

What funds should you buy? Should it be index funds or exchange-traded funds, or low-cost actively managed funds, or should you pay an...

Most of the time, the panicked messages I get from investors have to do with doom-and-gloom headlines or TV reports. Lately, I’ve been...

The investment world has reached a watershed moment. Recently, one of the largest pension funds in the world announced that it was...

Admittedly, few investment companies inspire more passionate feelings than Vanguard and Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA). So many...

We believe there is room for further improvement in emerging market debt (EMD) valuations. The Federal Reserve’s and the Bank of Japan’s...

Many advisors are not fully aware of the powerful benefits that dividend-paying stocks can offer their clients as a planning strategy....

In this interesting article from MarketWatch, Larry Swedroe discusses his perspective on the economic woes facing the US and discusses...

ReutersYou’ve probably heard the old adage: “Sell in May and go away.” It’s a nice little rhyme, and it does have a basis in the market’s...

I often receive questions about how or whether to count various things e.g., Social Security, a pension, or an annuity in your asset...

Here is one more article confirming that timing the market and predicting what it will do are efforts in futility.  I would love your...

I understand sales and appreciate good marketing. In fact, I just completed the manuscript for my new book, “The Smartest Sales Book...

Many aspects of life require careful consideration and balancing of the tradeoffs that arise from competing demands. For example, a...

Not long ago, fatigued investors were feeling the cumulative weight of two severe financial crises, periods of heightened stock market...

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February 13, 2013 Weston Wellington , Down to the Wire It’s New Year’s Day 2012. In addition to overdosing on televised college football,...