Larry Swedroe is a principal and the director of research for The Buckingham Family of Financial Services, comprised of Buckingham Asset Management, LLC, BAM Risk Management, LLC and BAM Advisor Services, LLC (and its network of independent registered investment advisor firms). He has authored or co-authored 10 books, including his most recent, The Quest For Alpha. Follow him on Twitter. His opinions and comments expressed on this site are his own and may not accurately reflect those of the firm.
- Investors snooze while small stocks soar
The Russell 2000 small-cap index is near record highs, and yet many people have missed out on the rally
Read Full Story » - Embrace risk, but only over the long haul
Here's why you shouldn't panic when large-cap stocks beat small-cap stocks, even over long periods
Read Full Story » - Will investors see a "flat-year" phenomenon?
Beware of the conventional "wisdom" that stock-market returns always soar in the year following a flat market
Read Full Story » - Why expert forecasts aren't worth anything
Even Ben Bernanke and the august members of the Federal Reserve utterly failed to predict housing crisis
Read Full Story » - Investing: "Buy what you know" is a bad strategy
A recent study shows that investors tend to stick to the stocks of companies they think they know -- only to hurt their returns
Read Full Story » - Of course my returns beat the market!
If you're like most investors, you have no idea how your investments are actually doing
Read Full Story » - Is investing rigged to favor pros?
Many investors think pros have all the advantages, but if so, it's not showing up in the data
Read Full Story » - Last year's losers are winning this year
A single month of investment returns this year underscores just how quickly fortunes can change
Read Full Story » - Is this a stock-picker's year?
Once again, we hear that it's a stock picker's market -- but that doesn't mean they will pick well
Read Full Story » - Beware of this costly Wall Street claim
A recent interview provides an example of how Wall Street tries to distort the realities of index funds
Read Full Story » - The reasoning behind the market's rise
Unemployment is still high, but here's why stocks reacted well to the latest figures
Read Full Story » - You can't judge DFA advisors off fund returns
Allan Roth's article on the performance of DFA advisors shouldn't be seen as conclusive evidence
Read Full Story » - Why Facebook's IPO shouldn't excite you
History shows that, as a whole, IPOs haven't been especially kind to investors
Read Full Story » - History says home real estate is a bad investment
While the housing bust crushed many investors, the pain could have been avoided if they knew the historical evidence
Read Full Story » - Is China really the best place to invest?
Here's why you can't expect high returns from countries with high growth rates, such as China
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A new study shows that hedge fund data can look better than they are
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Despite predictions of doom, the municipal bond market is on the upswing
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Despite paying high fees, investors in private equity haven't seen better investing performance
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The financial crisis on the Continent provides a great example of why you shouldn't panic when responding to an immediate problem
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Even with the extreme risks some hedge funds take, as a group they still can't seem to outperform basic indexes
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Rates have fallen slightly in the Treasury inflation-protected securities market during the past month, but the strategy remains the same
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