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Professor Fama’s Nobel Prize and the Prudent Investor

Posted by Joe Young on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 @ 04:13 PM

We are thrilled to share the October 14th, 2013 news that University of Chicago Professor and Dimensional Fund Advisors board member Eugene F. Fama, has been named a co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, in recognition for his contributions to the “empirical analysis of asset prices.”

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Lessons from Sandy for the Prudent Investor

Posted by Joe Young on Wed, Nov 21, 2012 @ 03:22 PM

Hurricane Sandy is a disaster. On that, there is no debate. Each of us is either in the thick of it ourselves or have close family and friends who are. All of us face a swarm of questions in the weeks and months ahead: Could we have been better prepared? Is it global warming or the way the world turns? How (and with what funding) will we rebuild our communities, our families … ourselves? What comes next?

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A Fiduciary Decision Process Tool for the Prudent Investor

Posted by Joe Young on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 @ 07:21 PM

Evaluate, Compare, Select and Document Prudent Investment Options

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Important Information for the Prudent Investor

Posted by Joe Young on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @ 05:09 PM

Facts are stubborn things.  The Prudent Investor considers the facts when deciding between investment options and between investment advisors.  Standard & Poors provides two sets of facts that are critical in the decision making process about investments.  The first study is linked below.

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