University of Chicago Booth Professor and Nobel prize winning economist Eugene Fama talks about the evolution of modern finance.
Investing 101
Basic principles of investing.
Investing 101
Applying Science to Investing
An introduction to Dimensional for investors, this video underscores how science has transformed every aspect of our lives, including investing.
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The Power of Markets
Curious about how markets work? This video explains how security prices are set and how they change based on the collective knowledge of buyers and sellers. Armed with this information, investors will better understand how and why markets work.
Investing 101
Can You Predict a Good Time to Buy and Sell Stocks?
Can investors predict when to buy and sell securities? Jim Davis, PhD runs more than 780 tests on data from 15 stock markets to test this theory.
Investing 101
Getting The Right Answer, Not Defending the Wrong One
Eugene Fama and Kenneth French describe how the academic model has shaped Dimensional’s ideas, culture, and investment process.
Investing 101
What Happens If You Shake the System?
In this Dimensional Story, Professor Ken French discusses the notion of robustness and how it describes phenomena that we can expect to be repeated in the future even if we shake the system, changing things in ways that can’t be forecast.
Foundational Financial Life Planning
If It’s Too Good to Be True
In this Dimensional Story, Nobel laureate Bob Merton relays his childhood love of magic shows. He relates the illusion behind magic shows to investing and explains how investors can avoid a lot of trouble by accepting that if it looks too good to be true, it’s probably not true.
Investing 101
Redefining Investment Advice
This presentation explains why most professional money managers fail to beat the market and underscores the importance of having an investment philosophy based on a clear understanding of capital markets.
Investing 101
The Evolution of Indexing and Dimensional
This presentation explains why most professional money managers fail to beat the market and underscores the importance of having an investment philosophy based on a clear understanding of capital markets.
Investing 101
Volatility of Premiums
Professor Eugene Fama and David Booth explain why, despite periods of underperformance, investors should continue to expect risk premiums in the future.