Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee explains how to buy low, sell high and earn an extra 1.5% in return. Continue reading →

Much like elite sports and other high-reward pastimes, professional investing is incredibly hard work. People train for years, take tests to earn licenses and then subject themselves to long days and nights just to make it to Wall Street. Among the thousands who do, at least a few succeed — some wildly so. The out-sized… Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee explains how mutual funds use selective data to market their services. Continue reading →

Jim Cramer, the “Mad Money” cable TV host known for using his perch to preach stock-picking to the masses, has a simple message for retirement investors: Don’t buy stock-picking mutual funds. Yes, he still believes that picking stocks is time well-spent for some, but in a recent episode of his hugely popular show Cramer launched… Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee explains how rebalancing positively affects returns. Continue reading →

A lot of ink has been spilled over the huge rise in equities in 2013. The year so far has been less surprising but not at all bad. The S&P 500 put on nearly 32% in the last calendar year and more than 5% year-to-date, despite the sharp dip in late January. The inflation-adjusted S&P… Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee on how cost predicts investment returns. Continue reading →

Are active managers getting better and better at their jobs? Yes. Does that mean that it’s getting harder and harder for active managers to beat their own benchmarks? Also yes. In fact, money managers are getting better, researchers have found. They are better informed, better equipped and often better traders than a few decades ago.… Continue reading →

Jay Vivian, former managing director of the IBM Retirement Funds, on the virtues of automatic rebalancing. Continue reading →