Monthly Archives: March 2011

Investing USA Style

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Dan Solin

Ninety percent of individual investors “invest” this way: Using the Internet, discount brokers or retail brokers, you try to guess the direction of the markets. You follow the financial news. You pick stocks or mutual funds you are told will … Continue reading →

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Eugene Fama, Jr. on Efficient Markets

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Mark Hebner

by Index Funds Advisors Wednesday, December 10, 2008 On December 10th 2008 Index Funds Advisor’s President Mark T. Hebner interviewed Dimensional Fund Advisor’s Vice President Eugene Fama Jr. MH: Hi, I am Mark Hebner, President of Index Funds Advisors.  We’re really … Continue reading →

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Efficient Market Hypothesis

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Mark Hebner

Free Markets: Information, Prices, Risk and Return Transcript by Sameer Desai Eugene Fama, Sr. Interview Others: The concept of what is fair pricing of stocks and securities and the interpretation of what the efficient markets means for fair prices is … Continue reading →

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Currency Diversification

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Mark Hebner

By Jay D. Franklin, CFA, FSA Risk Manager Index Funds Advisors, Inc. www.ifa.com IFA’s Currency Diversification Introduction Recently, there has been much pontification about the “New Normal” where US economic growth is expected to remain anemic for the next few … Continue reading →

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Concerns with Hedge Funds

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Mark Hebner

By Jay D. Franklin, CFA, FSA Risk Manager Index Funds Advisors, Inc. www.ifa.com Introduction: If you are contemplating a potential investment or you are already invested in a hedge fund, IFA urges you to read the rest of this article. … Continue reading →

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The Misguided Search for the "Winning" Mutual Fund

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dan Solin

Those people over at Standard Poors spoil all the fun. Their periodic research reports on the performance of mutual funds routinely show the majority of actively managed mutual funds underperform the benchmark indexes the fund managers are so handsomely paid … Continue reading →

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Active vs Passive Management

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Mark Hebner

The following paper is a transcript of Rex Sinquefield’s opening statement in debate with Donald Yacktman at the Schwab Institutional conference in San Francisco, October 12, 1995. Let us agree on what we are debating, discussing and disagreeing about: active … Continue reading →

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Fear the Boom and Bust

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Mark Hebner

By Russ Roberts and John Papola We’ve been goin’ back and forth for a century [Keynes] I want to steer markets, [Hayek] I want them set free There’s a boom and bust cycle and good reason to fear it [Hayek] … Continue reading →

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New Index Returns Astound Wall Street

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Dan Solin

It’s hard to be modest about this achievement, but I am going to try. In January, 2010, I created the Solin Random Stock Index (SRSI). For those skeptics who want to verify this claim, please see this blog I wrote … Continue reading →

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Foolish Advice From the Motley Fool

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Dan Solin

Matt Koppenheffer at the Motley Fool recently took issue with me for a blog I wrote called “Ten Investing Facts You Probably Don’t Know — but Should“. Mr. Koppenheffer is a contributing writer to the Motley Fool. His biography touts … Continue reading →

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