Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is holding a Shareholder Meeting on December 29, 2021. One of the reasons for this meeting is that David Booth, Roger Ibbotson, and Myron Scholes, who currently serve as directors, will be retiring from the Board. David currently serves as Chairman of the Board and … [Read more...] about Ten Obstacles to Investing & How to Overcome Them
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The Market Has No Memory
This guest post was written by David Booth, Executive Chairman and Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors. David discusses the lessons from 2019 that investors can apply to … [Read more...] about The Market Has No Memory
Mind Over Model
Checking the weather? Guess what—you’re using a model. While models can be useful for gaining insights that can help us make good decisions, they are inherently incomplete simplifications of reality. In investing, factor models have been a frequent topic of discussion. Lately , they are often … [Read more...] about Mind Over Model
A Look Back at 2016
This guest post written by Weston Wellington who is a Vice President with Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) captures the surprising year of 2016, and what lessons investors can learn from this year. Every year brings its share of surprises. But how many of us could have imagined that 2016 would see … [Read more...] about A Look Back at 2016
Prediction Season
The close of each calendar year brings with it the holidays as well as a chance to look forward to the year ahead. In the coming weeks, investors are likely to be bombarded with predictions about what the future, and specifically the next year, may hold for their portfolios. These outlooks are … [Read more...] about Prediction Season
DFA Portfolio Design
Ken French is a member of the Board of Directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA), and provides consulting services to the firm. In this conversation with DFA Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer David Booth, Ken provides insight on how Dimensional designs their various investment … [Read more...] about DFA Portfolio Design