DFAI News and Press, Dimensional International Core Equity Market From 02/04/22

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

Despite ongoing inflation hype, the U.S. prices paid trend indicator peaked in June 2021 and turned down - this typically leads ISM Manufacturing prices by 2-3 months and suggests inflationary pressures will continue to reverse. Commodities are signalling a similar story, with the Gol...

We see 2022 heralding a new market regime by delivering global stock gains and bond losses for a second year in a row - a first in about half a century. Stocks rallied back to near record levels and yields rose last week as worries of Omicron dissipated. China’s central bank lo...

We may not know what the newest COVID variant holds, but it may not actually matter. The economy is already questionable and has been more and more for quite some time already. In other words, the issue at hand isn’t necessarily omicron nor really a “growth scare”...

The S&P 500 was down 2.2% last week, which, in normal times, would be barely worth a mention. But in today’s speculative market, that qualifies as a correction. The first two quarters of this year were a big rebound, but last quarter was a bummer with the emergence of the D...

We move to a cautious outlook on global equities. During September, we are continuing to see risk factors build while equity valuations remain at extraordinarily high levels. While global earnings estimates for 2021 have provided a strong tailwind for markets in 2021, this impetus is ...

Two potential factors fueling the drop in government bond yields. ECB announces changes to monetary policy framework. New PMI survey shows global manufacturing expanding at rapid pace. For further details see: What's Behind The Decline In U.S. Bond Yields?

Dimensional Fund Advisors, a global leader in systematic investing, today extended its exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering by converting four US tax-managed mutual funds into active transparent ETFs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The new ETFs expand Dimensional’s s...

Chen: surge in car usage up 20-30% above pre-pandemic levels. Airline traffic indicates a pick up in global flights. Europe the next catalyst for global growth. For further details see: What The Latest Alternative Data Says About The Global Economic Recovery

According to the most recent Flow Show report issued by BofA Merrill Lynch, $576 billion flowed into global equity funds in the past five months, since November 2020. That’s larger than the $425 billion invested in equity funds for the entire 12 years prior to that. From fundam...