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The dull side of DFA

Dimensional Fund Advisors bonds equity

In bonds, staying cool by acknowledging that boring is better

Ask David Booth, the founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors, about his firm's equity strategies, and his eyes light up. He'll go on at length about how “cool” the research behind it is and why it's the best way to invest in stocks. Ask about fixed income, however, and it's a bit of a diffe

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