The lure of trying to time the market may tempt even long-term investors. But outguessing markets isn’t as straightforward as it sounds.

How do you know how to choose the funds that will give you the most returns in your portfolio? Every year, Dimensional Fund Advisors analyzes the mutual fund landscape to find out how many funds outperform benchmarks after costs.

Love the recognition that my friend, colleague and mentor Larry Swedroe received this month in Investment Advisor magazine. He truly is a warrior for spreading the necessary and good word of how investors can overcome the stresses of Wall Street’s improprieties and challenges.

The fourth quarter of 2018 was a pretty miserable one for investors. So how were investors thinking about the market in January? The answer depended on whether you were a Republican or a Democrat!

The "Dow rallies" or the "Dow drops" as headlines may make little sense to some investors, given that a “point” for the Dow and what it means to an individual’s portfolio may be unclear. Let's examine what a point move in the Dow means and the impact it may have on an investment portfolio.

In an efficient market, any new information the market receives will be random, not in the sense of being good or bad, but in the sense of whether it surpasses or falls short of the expectations that are already built into the current price.