Eugene Fama and Kenneth French describe how the academic model has shaped Dimensional’s ideas, culture, and investment process.
Investing 101
Basic principles of investing.
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.
Investing 101
The Transformed Investor: Dave Goetsch
Dave Goetsch describes how believing in the power of markets has transformed his outlook on investing.
Investing 101
Independent Objective Advice
Weston Wellington, Vice President at Dimensional, describes how independent objective advice, delivered by a financial advisor can help investors have a better investment experience.
Investing 101
Controlling What You Can Control
Dave Butler, Co-CEO, recounts a personal story of how he came to view markets and investing early in his career.
Investing 101
The Ups and Downs of Stocks and Bonds
Joel Hefner explains why investors may prefer to have some allocation in equities in addition to bonds in order to grow their long-term wealth.