Jay Vivian, former managing director of the IBM Retirement Funds, explains the power of compounding using the simple story of the Indian sage who asked for payment in grains of rice on a chessboard. Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee on how greed drives bad decisions among investors, including marketing timing and purchasing popular funds whose price have been driven too high. Continue reading →

Professor Charles D. Ellis of the Rebalance Investment Committee breaks down the thinking behind a simple stock-to-bond asset allocation and how to adjust those ratios for your personal investment time horizon. Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee shows how investors chase stocks too high then sell out at market bottoms and explains how Rebalance works to overcome this human bias toward investing. Continue reading →

Jay Vivian, former managing director of the IBM Retirement Funds, on why people seem turned off by indexing, despite the evidence that index investing consistently provides steady gains while limiting the risk of loss. Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee tells the story of Warren Buffett’s “cost of hamburgers” quiz that shows how people misunderstand stock prices. See more powerful advice on stock prices for everyday savers. TRANSCRIPT Warren Buffett is probably the world’s greatest investor. And he tells this wonderful story in one of his essays.… Continue reading →

Professor Charles D. Ellis of the Rebalance Investment Committee explains how diversification lowers the risk of unexpected losses in a portfolio, providing what Burton Malkiel calls “the only free lunch in investing.” Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee on how lower fees mean a higher net return for investors. Continue reading →

Professor Burton Malkiel of the Rebalance Investment Committee explains why investors who stick with diversification make money even when markets seem correlated and unlikely to achieve a positive investment return. Continue reading →