Staying in Your Seat
The markets have ups and downs, but what are the long-term effects of trying to time the market and just missing out on one big day? This quick video shows that staying in your seat is typically the best option.
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Presidential Elections: What Do They Mean for Markets?
It’s almost Election Day in the US once again. While the outcome may be uncertain, one thing we can count on is that plenty of opinions and predictions will be floated in the days surrounding the vote. In financial circles, this will inevitably include discussion of the potential impact on markets. But should elections influence …
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What History Tells Us about US Presidential Elections & the Market
Growth of $100 in Fama/French Total US Market Research IndexMarch 4, 1929 — June 30, 2020 Do Blue or Red Make Green?It’s natural for investors to look for a connection between who wins the White House and which way stocks will go. But as nearly a century of returns shows, stocks have trended upward across …
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Why Investors Might Think Twice About Chasing the Biggest Stocks
Average Annualized Outperformance of Companies Before and After First Year Becoming 1 of 10 Largest in USCompared to Fama/French Total US Market Research Index, 1927-2019 Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are not available for direct investments; therefore, their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual …
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Bulls, Bears, & Long-Term Benefits of Stock Investing
Riding the Bull History suggests that markets hitting new highs, or experiencing declines, provides little evidence of future returns. Looking at the S&P 500 Index from 1926-2018, we find that average annualized returns have been positive over one-, three-, and five-year periods following both new monthly highs and market declines of at least 10%. In …
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Do Mutual Funds Outperform Benchmarks?
Dimensional’s 2020 analysis of US-based mutual funds shows that only a small percentage of funds have outperformed industry benchmarks after costs—and among top-ranked funds based on past results, only a small percentage have repeated their past success.
An Age Old Debate in Finance: Active vs. Passive
Don’t Try to Outguess the Market The competitive landscape makes the search for future winners a formidable challenge. Confronted with so many fund choices—and lacking an investment philosophy to inform their search—some investors will resort to using track records as a guide to selecting funds, reasoning that a fund manager’s past outperformance is likely to …
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Hindsight is 20/20; Foresight Isn’t
Trading Places The year 2019 served up many examples of the unpredictability of markets. Interest rates that US policy makers expected to rise fell instead. American consumers’ confidence weakened as the year began, and new headlines broadcast fears of an economic slowdown. But investors who moved onto the sidelines may have missed the gains in …
Value Judgements: Viewing the Premium’s Performance Through History’s Lens
Investing in an Uncertain World There’s a misconception in the markets: value stocks have lost their vigor. Value stocks have underperformed growth stocks over the past decade. In the US, the annualized compound return has been 12.9% for value stocks, or those trading at a low price relative to their book value. That contrasts with …
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A Tale of Two Decades: Lessons for Long-Term Investors
“The Lost Decade”? Looking at a broad measure of the US stock market, such as the S&P 500, over the past 20 years, you could be forgiven for thinking of Charles Dickens: It was the best of times and the worst of times. For US large cap stocks, the worst came first. The “lost decade” …
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