"I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors."
"Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't."
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Source: Investment Gurus: A Road Map to Wealth from the World's Best Money Managers by Peter J. Tanous, (p. 269), 1999.
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