Profiting From Investment Regret
Embracing the emotion, rather than shunning it.
Rekenthaler Report
Are Economic Predictions Ever Useful?
It is difficult to determine how.
Why Mutual Funds Can't Be Hedge Funds
And why, right now, that's not such a bad thing.
Diversification, Asset Allocation, and Rebalancing
Would the three-fund idea have worked 20 years ago?
The 3-Fund Portfolio: Reader Follow-Up
The readers send their improvements to Taylor Larimore’s three-fund portfolio.
Should 401(k) Plans Embrace Alternative Investments?
A startup is providing 401(k) plans with a difference.
The 3-Fund Portfolio
Living the simple investment life.
5 Years Later: PIMCO Total Return
What have we learned since the fuss?
Investment Truths Aren't Always Bite-Size
Often, things aren't as simple as they are presented.
Collective Investment Trusts: The Invisible Giant
Almost as large as ETFs--but far less known.
The Great Bull Market That Everybody Missed
How the economists got it wrong.
What Computer Chess Suggests About Investing
The analogy is far from perfect, but perhaps still instructive.
What a Difference a Decade Makes
The fund industry has changed a lot since 2008.
Target-Date Funds: The Triumph of Academia
What the behavioral economists advocated 20 years ago is today’s 401(k) reality.
Why Buy Annuities?
An image problem obscures their advantages.
Indexers, Pure Managers, and Conglomerates
Some approaches are better than others, but all can succeed.
There Are No Universal Savings Rules
Too little for one person may well be too much for another.
How Smart Should Robo-Advisors Be?
Answer: As much (or little) as they wish.
Active Share Scores: Easy to Understand, Hard to Interpret
Testing how the measure works in practice.
3 Investment Miracles
Miracles can happen…but are they worth pursuing?
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