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Mark Hebner is the President of Index Funds Advisors, Inc.,
author of the www.ifa.com web site, editor and owner of www.indexfunds.com,
and author of the book, Index Funds: The 12-Step Program,
Active Investors Anonymous. He has attended eighteen conferences
on index funds investing and is considered the leading internet
provider of information on index funds. He is an Investment
Advisor Representative and has a Masters in Business Administration
from the University of California at Irvine.
Society
improves through academia, yet sadly, many people
make investment decisions based on the appeal of a
slick marketing campaign or a well-produced television
commercial. The key to successful investing
is to harness the meaningful research conducted by
the brightest minds in academia and develop a conviction
driven relationship that helps to guide the investment
process.
Interview with Eugene Fama
Professor
Fama is arguably the best-known financial economist
in the world. He coined the phrase "The Efficient
Market Theory." This interview is approximately 15
minutes long and includes 17 questions that Professor
Fama provides his esteemed point of view. You will
find him both engaging and humorous. You will hear
what few people have heard from one of the world`s
most informed professors of economics. See more of
Eugene Fama's research from the Social Science Reseach Network. There has
been about 10 million article downloads and Fama's
research makes up #1 downloaded paper and three of
the Top Ten. Conference Honoring Eugene Fama (May 15, 2004)
Fama appears to be in line for a future Nobel Prize.
12-Step Program For Active Investors
A Recovery Program for Stockaholics
The 12-Step
Program is a complete investor education program and the
treatment of choice for active investors. On average, about
100% of portfolio return level is explained by the index funds
allocation. (1, 2) (How
the Market Works) (Efficient Markets)
Index
funds are mutual funds with clearly defined sets of rules
of ownership that are adhered to, regardless of current
market conditions. There are about 700 index funds and the
most respected indexes come from Dimensional
Fund Advisors (DFA).