That’s What Creates Wealth “Life prepares you for investing and investing prepares you for life.” –David Booth, founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors 09-27-2022 Nice timely article by Booth to help us all put some perspective on these crazy markets: How to Invest Better—and Live Better There is certainly a lot of noise out there. It’s …
That’s Enough To Make Anyone Nauseas “The obvious fact about security prices to any student of the market is that they fluctuate.” –Philip Carret 09-19-2022 Well thank you for the insight Captain Obvious! Let’s just take a look at this year to see how bumpy it can get. Using the S&P 500 as the market …
The Best Investing Approach “Dimensional built the firm on the idea that we could do better than indexing.” –David Booth, founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors 09-12-2022 I spend a lot of time in these e-mails talking about active vs passive investing. You certainly know my views on this. The evidence is clear that active investing …
Perfect Example Of Insanity “Why do so many people still invest in actively managed funds?” –Robin Powell 08-29-2022 Like Mr. Powell, I have also contemplated this question for many years. Every reliable study I have read comes to the same conclusion – the vast majority of actively managed mutual funds cannot consistently beat their passive …
That’s Why We Diversify “We believe owning a broad universe of stocks is the most effective way to participate in the rewards of ingenuity and innovation, wherever and whenever it takes place.” –Weston Wellington , Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors 08-22-2022 Human ingenuity and innovation are the driving factors that are responsible for long term …
The Secret Sauce “Do you really want to invest your hard earned savings – the money you’ll need for your kids’ college or your own retirement- based on someone’s hunch or wish?” –David Booth, Executive Chairman and Founder of DFA 08-16-2022 I certainly don’t want to. I got burned more than once early in my …
Will The Medicine Be Worse Than The Sickness? “Inflation isn’t new. This man made disaster has bedeviled civilizations at least since Ancient Rome.” –Steve Forbes 08-08-2022 It’s tough to argue we’re in a recession right now. Recessions don’t include more than 500,000 jobs growth in latest monthly reading that came out last Friday. More than …
That’s Why They Are The Best “Dimensional believes investors can have a successful investment experience without having to outguess the market. The firm trusts market prices and applies a scientific, transparent, and process driven investment approach to pursue higher expected returns.” –DFA’s investment approach from Dimensional at a Glance 08-01-2022 As regular readers of my …
Sticking To Our Knitting “Stick to your knitting (what you’re good at) and don’t compromise.” –Simon Campbell, renowned British Chemist 07-18-2022 That’s exactly what we do here at Verity Capital. I feel what we’re really good at is setting up highly diversified portfolios in alignment with each individual’s risk tolerance that give investors the greatest …
It’s Not Unprecedented “Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair” –Sam Ewing, American Writer and Humorist (1920-2001) 07-11-2022 That’s a pretty good example of what inflation is all about. I’m sure we’re all feeling the pinch of the continuing …