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Professor Kenneth French on The Difficulty of Market Timing

Professor Kenneth French on How to Think About Investment Risk

Investors Should Think Twice Before Chasing the Biggest Stocks

1. Ten largest companies by market capitalization.2. Returns are measured as of start of first calendar year after a stock joins Top 10. As companies grow to become some of the largest firms trading

Professor Kenneth French on Building Confidence as an Investor

Professor Kenneth French explains some basic principles of building an investment portfolio.

Highlights: What History Tells Us About Elections and the Market

Investors often wonder whether the market will rise or fall based on who is elected president. Every presidential election cycle the news media gets their audiences all worked up about how the other party