How one is granted permission to sell DFA funds.

[bamsphd]

I ran across this article Blaine Lourd Profile - Executive Articles - Print - Portfolio.com
at Scott Burn's AssetBuilder Inc. - Registered Investment Advisor site, and thought others might find it interesting.

[FinanceDude]

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Originally Posted by bamsphd I ran across this article Blaine Lourd Profile - Executive Articles - Print - Portfolio.com at Scott Burn's AssetBuilder Inc. - Registered Investment Advisor site, and thought others might find it interesting.

There's a LOT of true facts in the Blaine Lourd profile.........

[saluki9]

I've been to the DFA boot camp.

I learned more about investments in 2 days than I did in 4 years of college studying finance.

[Rich_by_the_Bay]

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Originally Posted by saluki9 I've been to the DFA boot camp. I learned more about investments in 2 days than I did in 4 years of college studying finance.

So, favorably impressed with the offerings?

[saluki9]

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Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa So, favorably impressed with the offerings?

Enough that I'm willing to trust many millions of dollars of our client's assets with them. (and much of my own too)

[twaddle]

A lot of investors are chomping at the bit for DFA funds. I'm waiting for Vanguard to clone them.

[saluki9]

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Originally Posted by twaddle A lot of investors are chomping at the bit for DFA funds. I'm waiting for Vanguard to clone them.

Don't hold you breath

A lot of the benefit from DFA funds comes from the implementation which wouldn't scale well to a Vanguard. (the markets just aren't big enough) That being said, Vanguard gives you a good bit of the benefits of Dimensional.

In addition, Vanguard's index funds must stick strictly to their index. DFA funds aren't tied to an index.