Burt Malkiel, Author at Rebalance

Burt Malkiel

Burton G. Malkiel is a member of the Investment Committee at Rebalance. He is the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and a Senior Economist at Princeton University. He has written hundreds of scholarly articles and opinion pieces in publications such as The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has authored no less than 17 books. Among those is the investment classic, A Random Walk Down Wall Street now in its twelfth edition.

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The Day Trading Pandemic

by Burt Malkiel

Burt Malkiel, Princeton Professor Emeritus and Rebalance Investment Committee member, offers his take on another widespread economic hazard impacting Americans: day trading. Find out what Burt has to say about the risky hobby, and how to avoid the allure of “making a quick buck” on the stock market. The coronavirus has wrought devastating harm to… Continue reading →

Preferred stocks can offer high returns, according to Burt Malkiel

The ‘Preferred’ Path to Higher Returns

by Burt Malkiel

How can you achieve higher returns in a low-interest rate environment? In his op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Rebalance Investment Committee member Professor Burt Malkiel explains how. Now that central banks have pushed short-term interest rates to zero or even to negative readings, all asset prices have risen to unusually high levels and prospective future returns… Continue reading →

The Index Revolution & Why It Matters

by Burt Malkiel

The following is a brief excerpt from my forward for the incredible new book The Index Revolution by Rebalance Investment Committee member, and my colleague, Charley Ellis. Continue reading →

Smart beta stock funds are not better than index funds

Smart Beta Or Just Smart Marketing?

by Burt Malkiel

Recently, I spoke to Silvia Ascarelli at the Wall Street Journal about my understandable skepticism to the new trend of mutual funds coined “smart beta.” Continue reading →

Investing for 2016 in an Expensive Market

by Burt Malkiel

In his annual Wall Street Journal start-of-the-year stock market analysis, Rebalance Investment Committee member Professor Burton Malkiel explains how best to invest for 2016 in an “expensive” market. How do you invest when everything is expensive? U.S. stocks are selling at more than 25 times their cyclically adjusted earnings. Bond yields are unusually low (the… Continue reading →