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I probably don’t need to spend time painting a vivid macroeconomic picture unless you’ve recently been doing your best impression of an ostrich. So, let me briefly spell it out: Not since Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office have we had a year in which the stock market had

Back in 2020, special purpose acquisition companies, known as SPACs and sometimes referred to as blank-check companies, gained newfound fame among investors. SPACs are investment vehicles that undergo an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital for the purpose of later identifying a private company and forming a merger agreement

By: Meir Statman, Ph.D. Consultant to Avantis Investors “Spend money, but don’t waste it,” my mother said. I learned my first lessons about saving and spending from my parents, listening to their words and watching their behavior. I recall going with my mother to a bookstore to buy the textbooks

This article was provided by Avantis Investors and we have been given permission to share this information with our clients and potential clients. While investors continue to grapple with market turbulence, many may have missed that U.S. stocks recorded their highest trading volume of the past year on Friday, June

By: Hal Hershfield, Ph.D. Consultant to Avantis Investors Imagine a person who is flashy in the way they spend their money — their cars, their clothes and their meals. And now, think of someone who is a bit different — someone who orders a McDonald’s breakfast every day and never

This article was provided by Avantis Investors and we have been given permission to share this information with our clients and potential clients. The S&P 500® Index recently completed its worst 100-day run to start a year since 1970 — one of many signs of a volatile market that has