Special Guest Sam Stovall is chief investment strategist for Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services. Mark T. Hebner talks about gold, and its risk vs return ratio. Step 5 - Manager Pickers. Diversification.

Mark T. Hebner - How Index Funds Advisors, inc. (www.ifa.com) got started. Mark T. Hebner on Active Investors. The proper way to invest (not the get rich quick method). Building and protecting your assets based on academic research. Get your money situatio

The fair price set at the beginning of each month sets the chance that future returns will be 50% higher and 50% lower than the expected return. The further the returns deviate from the average, the less likely they are to occur. The red bar overlay repres

The videos include an examination of capital markets, the effects of recession and government policy on stock prices, how the current market stacks up to previous downturns, and the reasons why Dimensional's core beliefs have not changed...

The videos include an examination of capital markets, the effects of recession and government policy on stock prices, how the current market stacks up to previous downturns, and the reasons why Dimensional's core beliefs have not changed...

Hedge Funds: A Fool's Errand

Was it pure coincidence, or did the federal authorities plan the seizure of Bernie Madoff's yacht to occur on April Fool's Day?

When Melanie Mize wrote her travelchannel.com review of the top nude beaches in the world, she described exotic locales, replete with tropical foliage and the ideal climate for achieving the perfect overall tan.

Where's the Market Going? It's a common question that emerges from the mouths of virtually every person living in the civilized world today, and yet it is an inherently flawed way of looking at the investment markets.

As if the recent and severe down markets were not enough to provide perpetual heartburn for fund managers, recent and compelling study results continue to show that the high premium paid to active fund managers drags returns to levels lower than the indexe

Risk: A Primer - In his book Index Funds: The 12-Step Program for Active Investors, Mark Hebner identifies that 85% of investors are active investors. This means that a majority of investors handle their investments in one or more of the following ways: