The Prudent Investor Blog

What Is the Yield Curve?

Posted by David Plaisance on Wed, Aug 14, 2019 @ 03:40 PM

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As Goes January, So Goes the Year?

Posted by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP on Thu, Jan 11, 2018 @ 03:19 PM

As investors ring in the new year, some may see the occasional headline about the “January Indicator” or “January Barometer.”

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Waypoint's 2017 Summer Prudent Investor Quarterly Blog

Posted by David Plaisance on Wed, Jul 19, 2017 @ 12:41 PM

Misperceptions About Market Corrections: Are You Prepared?

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Waypoint's 2017 Spring Prudent Investor Quarterly Blog

Posted by David Plaisance on Thu, Apr 13, 2017 @ 09:56 AM

If Q1 2017 had a theme song, it might be, “There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World.”

 There was the usual stream of global news. To name a few highlights: Read More

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What If Everyone Were A Passive Investor? (Is the Sky Really Falling?)

Posted by David Plaisance on Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 03:07 PM

For as long as we’ve been in business, we have encouraged investors to adopt a patient, long-term approach to capturing the market’s expected returns. In industry parlance, some have categorized our approach as "passive," versus active attempts to beat the market. We prefer to think of ourselves as evidence-based.

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