Markets have been up and down this year, which can be hard for many investors to live with. During periods like these, hearing stories about how other people deal with uncertainty can be helpful. Meet Dave Goetsch, an executive producer of The Big Bang Theory. Even though he and the other writers on the show make common sense out of complicated science for a living, Dave used to respond to market fluctuations with panic rather than logic. But his point of view changed fundamentally when he … [Read more...] about A Transformed Investor’s View of Market Uncertainty
Ten Reasons to be Cheerful
Do you ever listen to the news and find yourself thinking that the world has gone to the dogs? The roll call of depressing headlines seems endless. But look beyond what the media calls news, and there also are a lot of things going right, including: The world's biggest economy, the US, has been recovering. Unemployment has halved in six years from 10% to 5%. (1) Over the last 25 years, 2 billion people globally have moved out of extreme poverty, according to the latest United Nations … [Read more...] about Ten Reasons to be Cheerful
Out of the Matrix: Part 1
There's an exciting buzz around the office whenever the new Dimensional Fund Matrix Books are delivered. The books themselves are beautiful: Page after page of mesmerizing returns data, large enough to share comfortably around a conference table. As we flip the pages, endless opportunities present themselves to discuss the benefits of global diversification and the value of balanced investment portfolios. Over the course of the next week, we'll be presenting a few of those discussions and … [Read more...] about Out of the Matrix: Part 1