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Blog tagged as Investor Returns

How Including Risk-Adjusted Return Can Improve Your Portfolio
Risk-adjusted return stands as a beacon guiding investors toward smarter, more efficient portfolio management. But what does it mean and why should it matter to you?
Thinking of Investing During the Market Downturn? Consider These 5 Things First
The market downturn could be a beneficial opportunity for some investors. Should you be taking advantage of today's bear market?
The Vital Role of Rebalancing
If there is a universal investment ideal, it is this: Every investor wants to buy low and sell high. What if we …
What Is Asset Allocation?
Asset allocation. It’s so ingrained in how we manage our clients’ investment portfolios, we talk about it all the time. But what …
What Has Evidence-Based Investing Done for Me Lately?
As Eugene Fama has explained, “You should use market data to understand markets better, not to say this or that hypothesis is literally true or false. No model is ever strictly true. The real criterion should be ...
Factors That Figure in Your Evidence-Based Portfolio
Grounding your investment strategy in rational methodology strengthens your ability to stay on course toward your financial goals, as we ...
The Essence of Evidence-Based Investing
As with any risky venture, there are no guarantees that you’ll earn the returns you’re aiming for, or even recover your stake. This leads us to why we so strongly favor evidence-based investing. So what does evidence-based investing entail?
Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging - Part 2: Actual Outcomes
In part one, we discussed why lump-sum investing is generally expected to generate the highest returns over time. In markets that have risen more, and ...
Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging - Part 1: Raw Returns
Good news – you have an extra $24,000, and you’ve decided to invest it in the stock market. It’s always nice to have investable cash on hand, but ...
The Business of Investing
With all the excitement over stocks and bonds, and their ups and downs in headline news, there is a key concept often overlooked: Market returns are ...

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