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July 11, 2022 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
If you wish to examine world capital market performance for the past quarter, you can check out Dimensional’s Quarterly Market Review for Second Quarter 2022. Personally, I’d recommend enjoying other types of summer reading for now, as we will continue to monitor this data on your behalf. But if you are truly interested, don’t miss Marlena Lee’s article on pages 16 to 18 entitled “Three Crucial Lessons for Weathering the Stock Market’s Storm”. Her...

April 12, 2022 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
Capital markets are often confounding, especially if we examine just a brief three-month period. It is tricky for investors and markets alike to sort out what qualifies as “good” or “bad” news from one moment to the next. Should we worry about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Supply-chain effects from the Covid lockdown? Tightening by the Federal Reserve? Rising inflation? Headlines like these translate into the volatile markets we’ve seen so...

January 19, 2022 in Dimensional, Economics, Evidence-Based Investing, Year In Review by
DIMENSIONAL’S MARKET REVIEW (Q4 2021 & TY 2021) It’s a wrap! 2021 market performance numbers are now available for the fourth quarter and the total year. Today, we share Dimensional Fund Advisor’s latest Quarterly Market Review, along with their 2021 Annual Market Review. “KEY TAKEAWAYS   Stock markets continued to climb higher in 2021, with the S&P 500 hitting a series of all-time closing highs and ending the year near a record. While COVID-19 continued to dominate...

October 20, 2021 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
As usual, there was plenty to be concerned about in years past if you paid close attention to the never-ending news cycle. But throughout, markets delivered strong returns as you can see in the excerpt below from page 4: It’s typical to think of capital markets as nothing more than constructions for conducting commerce and making money. That they tend to do over time. But markets are made of people, in all...

September 21, 2021 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing, Investing by
“Whether you’ve been investing for decades or are just getting started, at some point on your investment journey you’ll likely ask yourself some of the questions below. Trying to answer these questions may be intimidating, but know that you’re not alone. Your financial advisor is here to help. While this is not intended to be an exhaustive list, it will hopefully shed light on a few key principles, using data and...

July 20, 2021 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
DIMENSIONAL’S QUARTERLY MARKET REVIEW (Q2 2021) + HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO INDEX FUNDS!   Quarterly Market Review (QMR) – Q2 2021 This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets (all arrows are green this past quarter!). The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios...

April 20, 2021 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
Think back to April 2020. A year ago, many investors were scared, some wanting to move to cash, even as most stock markets staged remarkably strong and surprising recoveries. This year, we’re seeing many of those same investors tempted to chase all kinds of hot holdings, as now they seem to have no fear. We hope favorable markets continue. But investing is no game of chance. If you were a client of...

January 19, 2021 in Dimensional, Economics, Evidence-Based Investing, Year In Review by
DIMENSIONAL’S QUARTERLY MARKET REVIEW (Q4 2020 & TY 2020) It’s a wrap. 2020 market performance numbers are now available for the fourth quarter and the total year. Today, we share Dimensional Fund Advisor’s latest Quarterly Market Review, along with its 2020 Annual Market Review. “The year 2020 proved to be one of the most tumultuous in modern history, marked by a number of developments that were historically unprecedented. But the year also...

October 13, 2020 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
We’re not ones to make stock market forecasts – never have been, never will. Still, had we been tempted to lose our resolve last March, we might have presumed we’d see some pretty awful returns for at least the next quarter or two. Wow, would we have been wrong. Our country has not yet moved past the many personal, social, and economic ravages wrought by COVID-19 and related concerns. But as...

July 8, 2020 in Dimensional, Evidence-Based Investing by
If there was a clear message from second quarter markets, it’s that you never know. Even as we saw headlines that “At Least a Fourth of US Economy Goes Idle from Lockdown,” we saw others informing us that “US Stocks Close Out Best Quarter Since 1998.” What can we make of this? In short, Q2 offered a crash course in how critical it is to stay invested in both stocks and bonds,...