- We avoid chasing past performance.
- We don’t try to outguess the market.
- We believe in holding securities across many market segments to reduce risk.
- We avoid market timing.
- We believe markets reward long-term investors.
- We believe in managing taxes, turnover, and expenses.
- We use index funds to establish a portfolio’s foundation.
- There is academic research on what drives returns. In portfolios we construct, we pursue higher expected returns based on that research.