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A weekly reality check on sensible investing and financial decision-making for Canadians. Hosted by Benjamin Felix and Cameron Passmore.

Oct 15, 2018

In Episode 15 of the Rational Reminder Podcast we recapped our time at the Dimensional Fund Advisors advanced conference. We recapped the following:

 

  • Eugene Fama
  • The history of the University of Chicago and Dimensional
  • Connecting economics with academia
  • Behavioral finance is a branch of efficient markets (according to Fama)
  • Crunching data for the first time
  • Starting the first index fund – before Vanguard
  • Volatility lessons
  • Black swans
  • Do you need a tstat of 3 in today’s world?

 

We referenced this paper https://www.cfapubs.org/doi/pdf/10.2469/faj.v74.n3.6

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