

Ben Maimon
- Jun 20
- 3 min
A Picture of the Nation 2023
As you may know, we’re big fans of the Taub Center, Israel’s leading nonpartisan research institute whose data-driven analysis is used to...
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Ben Maimon
- May 9, 2020
- 1 min
Value Investing - Positive Outlook
AQR Managing Principal Cliff Asness provides a compelling case for why value investing appears to be as relevant as ever. While value...
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Ben Maimon
- May 7, 2020
- 5 min
Can Small Cap Stocks Weather the Storm?
With recession concerns intensifying in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may be wondering whether small cap stocks are poised...
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Ben Maimon
- Jan 7, 2020
- 5 min
2010-2020: A Decade in Review
On a total return basis, global stocks more than doubled in value from 2010–2019
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Ben Maimon
- Jul 24, 2019
- 5 min
The Importance of Investment Discipline
We believe that the goal of investment advice is to educate investors and increase their understanding of diversification, costs, and...
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Ben Maimon
- Apr 21, 2019
- 1 min
Benefits of International Diversification
Benefits of International Diversification revisits the appeal of international equity diversification. The author makes a strong case for...
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Ben Maimon
- Mar 29, 2019
- 4 min
Evidence-Based Investing Captures What Traditional Indexing Leaves Behind
In this recent piece, Ryan Jennings offers valuable insights into the benefits of an evidence-based investment approach. Prior to joining...
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Ben Maimon
- Mar 3, 2019
- 1 min
The Appeal of Factor Investing
In this recent post, Larry Swedroe highlights the benefits of well-designed factor-based strategies. Historically, such strategies have...
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Ben Maimon
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
What Should We Expect from Value?
Many value investment strategies are based on value stocks’ long-term outperformance of growth stocks, by an annual average of 4.8% over...
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Ben Maimon
- Nov 20, 2018
- 2 min
The S&P 500's Fantastic Performance
Multi-Factor-World 's topical post does a great job of putting the S&P 500's fantastic recent performance into perspective. As noted,...
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Ben Maimon
- Oct 26, 2018
- 1 min
Be Prepared for Market Declines
While stocks are generally used as the engines of portfolio growth and have delivered attractive positive returns over time, this growth...
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Ben Maimon
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Maintaining a Globally Diversified Portfolio
In his recent MultiFactorWorld post, Jared Kizer makes the case that despite U.S. equities' substantial out-performance in recent years,...
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Ben Maimon
- Aug 12, 2018
- 4 min
Alternative Reality
Diversification has been called the only free lunch in investing. This idea is based on research showing that diversification, through a...
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Ben Maimon
- Jun 5, 2018
- 4 min
The Impact of Inflation
When the prices of goods and services increase over time, consumers can buy fewer of them with every dollar they have saved. This erosion...
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Ben Maimon
- Mar 15, 2018
- 3 min
Buffett's Secret Sauce
In his recent article, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig noted that Berkshire Hathaway’s stock had under-performed the S&P 500...
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Ben Maimon
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Strategic Factor-Based Strategies still Appear to Have the Upper Hand
In his recent contribution to ETF.com, Larry Swedroe discusses the results of a recent study suggesting that investors can exploit the...
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Ben Maimon
- Feb 15, 2018
- 6 min
Relying on Market Prices
To pique the interest of investors, the financial media often features stories about the hidden dangers in the market—and index funds...
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Ben Maimon
- Jan 4, 2018
- 2 min
As Goes January, So Goes the Year?
As investors ring in the new year, some may see the occasional headline about the “January Indicator” or “January Barometer.” This theory...
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Ben Maimon
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
The Uncommon Average
“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy—one that is robust and that you can stick with— cannot be...
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