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CAPE Fear: Valuation Ratios and Market Timing
As broad market indices such as the S&P 500 have set new record highs in recent weeks, many investors have become apprehensive. They fear another major decline is likely to occur and are eager to find strategies that promise to avoid the pain of an extended downturn while preserving the
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The Great Value Reversal: How International Value Stocks Broke Their Losing Streak
After more than a decade in the wilderness, international value stocks have staged one of the most dramatic comebacks in modern investment history. The numbers tell a remarkable story: through July 2025, international value stocks delivered 7.87% returns while their US counterparts managed just 3.56% — a gap that would … Read More
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Buffing Out Volatility, Part 2
Compare buffer strategies and 60/40 portfolios for equity market downside protection and long-term performance differences. Learn which suits your goals. … Read More
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Why Top Wealth Advisors Should Join Index Fund Advisors
You didn’t become a wealth manager to sell products and chase quotas. You became one to help people build financial security. But too often, traditional firms reward sales over service, and advisors are left navigating conflicts of interest that compromise client trust. That’s why top advisors are leaving sales-driven models … Read More
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Dimensional Fund Advisors Wins Morningstar's 2025 Award for Investing Excellence
When Morningstar announced its 2025 Awards for Investing Excellence, one name stood out: Dimensional Fund Advisors. The prestigious "Exemplary Stewardship" award recognizes firms that demonstrate exceptional commitment to serving investors' best interests — and for Index Fund Advisors (IFA), this recognition validates a 26-year partnership built on evidence-based investing. … Read More
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Global Markets Shine in Q2 2025: Key Insights for IFA Investors
Despite a turbulent start due to global tariff announcements and geopolitical tensions, the second quarter ended strongly for global markets. … Read More
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Private Equity Volatility, The True Risk May Be Far Higher Than You Think
Uncover how volatility laundering in private equity misleads investors into a false sense of security with smoothed but deceptive returns. … Read More
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Buffing Out Volatility
Learn how buffer ETFs and fixed income compare as tools for hedging equity risk during market downturns, including their pros and cons. … Read More
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The Matrix Book: A Dimensional Tradition
Maybe we're just a bunch of geeks. But each year, we look forward to this latest collection of market data. … Read More
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Mind the Gap–Diversifying Across Countries
Discover key insights from 2025 market performance that underline the advantages of international diversification for long-term investors. … Read More
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Jacob Bernoulli and the IFA MarketCoin
Discover Jacob Bernoulli’s contributions to math and probability and how MarketCoin flips align with the Bernoulli process and trials.A sequence of MarketCoin flips is a Bernoulli process, with each flip a Bernoulli trial, due to its binary outcomes (Up/Down) and independence, with (p = 0.5) based on the median return split, reflecting Bernoulli's foundational concepts in probability. … Read More
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Pre-Tax or Roth 401(k) Contributions: What Should I Do?
To help choose the best retirement savings option that fits your needs, here's a look at some options. … Read More
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The Science of Speculation: How Research Reveals the Gambling Addiction Behind Active Investing
Learn how high-risk traders exhibit gambling behaviors, prefer skill-based games, and face mental health challenges tied to speculative trading. … Read More
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Three Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Strategies to Deploy with IRA Savings
Key options exist for handling required minimum distributions (RMD), including tax rules impacting qualified charitable contributions. … Read More
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IFA MarketCoin and the Direction of Market Returns
I wanted confirmation that a flip of the new IFA MarketCoinwould illustrate the randomness and unpredictability of future direction of returns of an index, such as the S&P 500 Index. … Read More
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