Source: Dimensional Fund Advisors LPPast performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are not available for direct investment. Their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio.In US dollars. For illustrative purposes. The missed best day(s) examples assume that the hypothetical portfolio fully divested its holdings at the

Source: Dimensional Fund Advisors LPPast performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are not available for direct investment. Their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio.In US dollars.Data is calculated off rounded daily returns. US Market is the Russell 3000 Index. Largest Intra-Year Decline refers to the

With activity in many industries sharply curtailed in an effort to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus, some economists say a recession is inevitable, if one hasn’t already begun.(1) From a markets perspective, we have already experienced a drop in stocks, as prices have likely incorporated the growing chance of recession. Investors may be

A Broad market index tracking data since 1926 in the U.S. shows that stocks have generally delivered strong returns over one-year, three-year, and five-year periods following steep declines. Just one year from a decline of 10% or 20% returns were higher than the long term average of 9.6%. And the return after a 15% decline

Fears about the COVID-19 outbreak led the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index into a correction (a drop of 10% or more from a recent high) in just six days, the fastest time to a correction from an all-time high ever. However, a few days afterward, stocks rallied, with the S&P 500—which recovered more than 40%