As you read this, the furor over the DeflateGate scandal will have subsided and the intense roar of a million corner sports bars will be dying down following the most revered of American holidays, Super Bowl Sunday. As always, the best team wins these things. But there’s the rub. As with all high-stakes sports events,… Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee on how investment advisors mislead retirement savers. Continue reading →

For all the talk about “smart” money and “dumb” money in investing, you would think that money had a mind of its own. A curious twist in the year-end results of some hedge fund tracking ETFs, however, shows just how strikingly random a year’s returns can be. As Burton Malkiel points out, the relevance of a given year’s performance vs.… Continue reading →

A popular article making the rounds on the Internet refers to 2014 as “the year that nothing worked.” I beg to differ. Patient investing through a low-cost portfolio of index funds worked just fine. I have no quarrel with the author of the piece and find his commentaries informative, which is what online content should be.… Continue reading →

Every year in the investing business a load of flashy new books comes out, each penned by a young money manager or market observer looking to make his or her mark. Some sell well, often in direct relation to the author’s appearances on financial TV shows. Some disappear in short order and end up in… Continue reading →

Jay Vivian, former managing director of the IBM Retirement Funds, on who should choose Rebalance to manage their retirement investments. Continue reading →

Professor Charles D. Ellis of the Rebalance Investment Committee on why investors should choose Rebalance. Continue reading →

There’s just three years left in the 10-year bet between billionaire Warren Buffett and a New York hedge fund firm, and it seems clear that Buffett will win handily. More investment magic from one of the world’s richest men? Not at all. Buffett’s side of the bet was one anybody could have taken: Buy the… Continue reading →

Billionaire investor Warren Buffet and his partner Charlie Munger get a lot of investment ideas thrown at them. And every idea ends up in one of three boxes: One box is marked “In.” Those are the ideas the duo feels might work. A second box is marked “Out.” That’s for ideas Buffett and Munger agree… Continue reading →