The Core Assets for Any Portfolio
We’re told that investing in the stock market is complicated. Only the professional money managers can help us navigate the alphabet soup of stock tickers and esoteric products like derivatives, CDOs...
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What Investments Do Lawyers Own?
Recently I read an interesting article on Bloomberg about the largest 401(k) plans in the legal industry. It’s no surprise that some of the mega firms like Kirkland & Ellis and DLA Piper have the...
View ArticleIs The Three Fund Portfolio Right for You?
On some level, people know that their money should be invested and working for them in the stock market. The only problem is that most don’t know which mutual fund, stock or ETF to buy. Buzzwords like...
View ArticleVTSAX vs. VTI
The FIRE community, countless economists, Bogleheads, and Biglaw Investor all know the value of index investing. If you want to use Vanguard (and there are many reasons to do so) to buy total stock...
View ArticleIf Everyone Bought Index Funds
Recently, Robert Shiller gave an interview on CNBC where he questioned the value of indexing investing and expressed particular concern should 100% of the market move to indexes. What would happen if...
View ArticleThe Efficient Market Hypothesis: Why Index Funds Win Out
If you’ve spent any time on Biglaw Investor, you’ve noticed one thing – we’re fans of index funds. Index funds raise returns, lower costs, and reduce risk while simultaneously simplifying your...
View ArticleExpense Ratios Aren’t Everything
In the 1973 book, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” Princeton University Professor Burton Malkiel made the controversial statement that “A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at the newspaper’s financial...
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The Asset Allocation of Index Funds
If you’re new to index funds – or have been investing in them for years – you might not have stopped to think about the asset allocation inside a particular index fund. What do I mean? Let’s say you...
View ArticleThe Disadvantages of Index Funds
At risk of sounding like a broken record, I’ll say it again: index mutual funds have revolutionized the financial industry and rightly so. When compared to active mutual funds, index funds raise...
View ArticleWhy Lawyers Should Invest in Index Funds
Investors have pulled billions of dollars out of actively managed mutual funds over the last decade. The cause? Index funds. During the 2010s, assets in index funds increased by over 400% while active...
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