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Tomorrow is never promised. Tim Maurer on why it’s entirely responsible to budget for unabashed enjoyment. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” So reads a Solomonic proverb penned in the 10th century B.C. Consider with me, however, a contemporary application of this ancient wisdom, especially in...

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Tim Maurer explores how the role we fill as learners and leaders can have wide implications in both our personal and professional lives.

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Larry Swedroe explains why active bond fund managers not only fail to outperform, but may also offer investors only the illusion of portfolio diversification.

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A quick take on bond markets. Blerina Hysi on navigating fixed income's lesser transparency and trading frequency.

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Larry Swedroe examines a new study that highlights the negative relationship between activity and performance in bond funds. Does it pay to be active in fixed-income markets? To help answer that question, Martin Rohleder, chair of Finance and Banking at the University of Augsburg, examined the performance of active fund managers in his December 2017...

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Larry Swedroe looks at research on how demand for such equities could play an important role in explaining the beta anomaly.

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Larry Swedroe tackles performance, international equity valuations and the perils of recency bias.

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There are some logical explanations for why the size premium may have shrunk, but, as Larry Swedroe shows, there are also simple, intuitive and risk-based explanations for why it should persist.

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