I’m not a Buy and Holder. I believe in Valuation-Informed Indexing. There is now 30 years of academic research showing that it provides far higher returns are greatly reduced risk. If stocks continue to perform in the future anything at all as they have always performed in the past, Valuation-Informed Indexers will be able to… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Rob Bennett
Five Things Tim Tebow Can Teach Us About Stock Investing
There was a poll taken the other day showing that Colorado voters prefer having Eli Manning as the quarterback of the Denver Broncos over Tim Tebow. The poll states: “Democrats prefer Manning by 46 points, 60/14, while Republicans do by just a 7 point spread at 44/37. Every group of the electorate prefers Manning over… Continue Reading
Liberals Came Closer to the Mark Than Conservatives With Their Explanation of the Economic Crisis
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett. I knew the cause of the economic crisis before it happened. So did Robert Shiller. And Andrew Smithers. And John Walter Russell. And Rob Arnott. And all other Valuation-Informed Indexers. If you understand that stock valuations affect long-term returns, you understand that bull markets of the… Continue Reading
Why We Are Afraid to Acknowledge the True Cause of the Economic Crisis
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett, who writes at many venues. We’re grateful that Balance Junkie is one of them. This instalment of Rob’s monthly column is sure to stir some debate, so I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts on his thesis here. Enjoy! My boys (Timothy, age 12, and Robert, age… Continue Reading
The Gene Mauch Rule for Investing Success
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett. I’m pleased to announce that Rob will be sharing his thoughts with us here in a monthly column. Thanks Rob! Gene Mauch was the manager of the Phillies baseball team when I was a boy growing up in Philadelphia. He once said something in an interview… Continue Reading
What Bogle Says About Valuation-Informed Indexing
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett. Thanks for sharing your views Rob! I am a critic of Buy-and-Hold and an advocate of Valuation-Informed Indexing. The one difference between the two strategies is that Buy-and-Holders say that it is not necessary to time the market while Valuation-Informed Indexers believe it is imperative to… Continue Reading
How to Use Valuation-Informed Indexing — Part Two
The following is Part Two of a two-part guest post from Rob Bennett. The first part (How to Use Valuation-Informed Indexing – Part One) was published on Monday. (Schedule Note: I will be taking Friday off, so there won’t be a new post until Monday.) The valuation metric (P/E10 — the price of an index… Continue Reading
How to Use Valuation-Informed Indexing — Part One
The following is Part One of a two-part guest post from Rob Bennett. I asked Rob a couple of questions in a comment the other day and he was kind enough to answer them in the form of these two articles. My thanks to him for taking the time to do this. I found this… Continue Reading