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March 12, 2010 - DFA Out-Vanguards Vanguard - ifa.com/blog

March 11, 2010 -
QotW #71

3D is great on the screen and even better when trying to determine the risk factors that explain the returns of diversified portfolios of equities: Market | Size | Value

March 4, 2010 - 2/10 Returns


Feb. 28, 2010 - new With a twist on The Beatles famous verse from "The End" on the Abbey Road album, investors could say, "And in the end, the return you make is equal to the risk you take." Every incremental point in your risk capacity score carries with it an incremental increase in expected return (see the New Figure 3 for iPortfolio 90 and ninety-five other iPortfolios). -- Take the RCS. - That Beatles song was recorded in August 1969, if you invested $10,000 in iPortfolio 100 then, it would be worth $1.2 million on Jan 31, 2010.

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IFA is your independent FIDUCIARY. Your broker is not. Hire an advisor that must act in YOUR best interest, not the best interest of the person or firm receiving loads, 12B-1 fees and commissions based on the stock and bond trading. Federal and state law requires that an advisor act solely in the best interest of the client. Check your brokerage agreement for this clause: “Your account is a brokerage account and not an advisory account. Our interests may not always be the same as yours. Please ask us questions..., including the extent of our obligations to disclose conflicts of interest and to act in your best interest. We are paid both by you and, sometimes, by people who compensate us based on what you buy.”

Feb 7, 2010 - A Classic Active vs. Passive Debate from 1995 - by Rex Sinquefield

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Burton Malkiel Index Funds, Dowdy to Some, Get a Notable Endorsement, The New York Times, Feb. 5, 2010
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Feb 3, 2010 - new The $3 Trillion 401(k) Rip-Off - by Dan Solin

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Jan. 14, 2010 -

Burton Malkiel was right—AGAIN.
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Jan. 11, 2010 - Capitalism, Inc.

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Dec. 24, 2009 - From Chaos to Order...

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