Eugene Fama on Modern Finance

The following is an article written by Tahn Sharpe and published by The Professional Planner on April 4th, 2019. The original article is available here. US-based fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors has turned the tableRead more

by Jim Parker Vice President Dimensional Fund Advisors “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” —Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in Physics A hallowed media tradition in this season is to provide aRead more

It has been fascinating to observe the volatility in equity markets through the later part of 2018 and into the beginning of this year.  At the close of 2018 calendar year, the S&P500 Index inRead more

by Jim Parker Vice President Dimensional Fund Advisors In Leo Tolstoy’s great novel ‘War and Peace’, a Russian general charged with defeating Napoleon and expelling the French from Russian soil argued against rushing into battle,Read more

As a subscriber to Harvard Business Review (HBR), I often come across articles or interviews about the field of finance or financial management and its relationship to human experience. Mihir Desai, professor at Harvard BusinessRead more

Professor Fama is among the most prolific and cited thinkers in finance today. In this interview, he discusses the origins of his interest in economics, the origins of Dimensional, his thirty year career at TheRead more