Index Fund Advisors - Podcast
Summary: Index Fund Advisors (IFA) is an independent financial advisor that provides wealth management by utilizing risk-appropriate, returns-optimized, and tax-managed portfolios of index funds. IFA.tv provides webcasts explaining the investing strategies of IFA.com and Mark Hebner's book, Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, with Foreword by Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz. See hard cover here: http://indexfundsbook.com and iBook here: http://iBookIndexFunds.com.
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These emotions are valuable attributes for survival, but can become a hindrance when dealing with money. Specifically, Zweig states, "for most purposes of our daily life, your brain is a superbly functioning machine, instantly steering you away from danger
When it comes to investing, we can identify many risks investors assume, either knowingly or not. At Index Fund Advisors, we see it as our core mission to get investors to take the risks that are worth taking (e.g. market, size, value, term and default).
Moving from full-time employment to retirement is a huge transition. You need to start thinking about it long before you plan to retire.
IFA's partnership with e-Money is an important part of our client's overall investment experience.
It's often assumed that to be a successful investor you need to be an expert in economics. In fact, far more useful is a knowledge of history, particularly the history of the financial markets.
Mark Hebner explains market volatility using the Hebner model.
Warren Buffett has long been a big proponent of index funds. But so has his long-time sidekick Charlie Munger. Recently, Mr. Munger gave a two-hour address at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting.
Contrary to popular belief, great companies don’t make great investments. In fact, distressed companies have earned higher returns than those of companies with considerable goodwill at the time of purchase.
Over the years much has been written about the endowments of prestigious US universities. One endowment in particular, the Yale endowment run by David Swensen, has been hailed as a big success.
Mark Hebner summarizes the market's performance during the first quarter of 2019 and demonstrates the difficulty in picking the next asset class winner.
The best known, on-going research into the performance of actively managed funds is conducted by S&P Dow Jones Indices. Every six months it brings out what it calls a SPIVA scorecard for funds in different parts of the world.
Here at Index Fund Advisors, we believe there is great value in following our advice. This confidence is backed by our own clients’ past results.
Research into couples and their personal finances consistently shows that it's mainly men who make investment decisions.
John Bogle once described the practice of stock picking as “looking for a needle in a haystack.”
Some investors like to copy the strategy of famous fund managers. Others try to emulate the endowments of top American Universities.
