Economy and Investing

How much does a dollar cost? The answer varies depending on your interpretation of the question. According to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, physical dollars cost 7.5 cents to print. Note that two-dollar bills cost the same amount to print, which...
Topics: Economy and Investing

Clients sometimes ask us why we don’t recommend carrying municipal bonds in their portfolios, often in response to learning about the tax advantages of owning them or perhaps after hearing about relatively higher yields in the municipal bond market. Before sharing our rationale, let’s first...
Topics: Economy and Investing

Our strategic partners at Dimensional are celebrating their 40th anniversary as a firm, and Founder, David Booth, used the milestone as an opportunity to reflect on the lessons he’s learned from his decades in finance. We find that Booth’s reflections and beliefs align very closely...
Topics: Dimensional Fund Advisors, Economy and Investing

Our strategic partners at Dimensional often share with us educational tools and resources that creatively illustrate key strategies of our shared approach to investments. This quick video sharing why investors might think twice about chasing the biggest stocks caught our attention and felt worthy of...
Topics: Dimensional Fund Advisors, Economy and Investing

We thought this piece – “Wild Market Ride Lifts Everything from Lumber to Stocks to Bitcoin” - that ran in The Wall Street Journal did a nice job summarizing some of the perspectives investors have about current market conditions. We’ve highlighted some of the article’s...
Topics: Economy and Investing