Today the only people who don't think markets work are the North Koreans, the Cubans and the stock pickers.”
- Rex Sinquefield
Principia and DFA
Principia is among a selected group of investment advisors authorized to place its clients' funds with Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA). Founded in 1981, their directors includes multiple Nobel Laureates in the field of economics. They manage over $140 billion for corporations, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, labor unions and governmental entities.
The objective is to help clients structure globally diversified portfolios and to add value through engineering and extremely disciplined trading, which Principia and DFA have consistently done.The objective is to help clients structure globally diversified portfolios and to add value through engineering and extremely disciplined trading, which Principia and DFA have consistently done. Principia utilizes DFA strategies to build portfolios with higher expected returns and more focused implementation than traditional index portfolios. DFA manages institutional equity and fixed income portfolios in proprietary core and satellite asset class funds.
DFA and Principia believe that financial economists lead the way in understanding risk and return in securities markets. Working with some of the industry's most respected financial economists, DFA and Principia bring academic research to clients in the form of distinctive empirical strategies. DFA applies this academic research to the practical world of investing. The objective is to help clients structure globally diversified portfolios and to add value through engineering and extremely disciplined trading, which Principia and DFA have consistently done.
DFA portfolios are available only through selected Fee-Only Registered Investment Advisors that share a common investment philosophy and never through brokers, insurance companies or other commission based salespeople.
For additional information about DFA, please see the following links:
- Dimensional Fund Advisors website
- Dimensional’s Investment Performance
- How the Really Smart Money Invests
- Ditching the Monkey
- The Science of Investing
OVERVIEW
- Working with some of the industry's most respected financial economists, DFA and Principia bring academic research to clients in the form of distinctive empirical strategies
- DFA portfolios are available only through selected Fee-Only Registered Investment Advisors that share a common investment philosophy and never through brokers, insurance companies or other commission based salespeople
