Dimensional Fund Advisors, which manages $637 billion, was one of the first firms to take seminal academic financial research off of the campus and put it to work in the real-world art of managing money. How does a head-in-the-books firm like that respond now that retail day traders are in the driver’s seat and the market action often feels like a frat party rather than a lecture hall? Wes Crill, the head of strategists at Dimensional, talks about that as well as a variety of other market topics, such as the rotation back into growth from value and how to read the inflation tea leaves. 

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Dimensional Converts $29 Billion of Mutual Funds Into ETFs

Fed Satisfies Inflation Hawks Without Lifting a Finger

Dimensional Fund Advisors, which manages $637 billion, was one of the first firms to take seminal academic financial research off of the campus and put it to work in the real-world art of managing money. How does a head-in-the-books firm like that respond now that retail day traders are in the driver’s seat and the market action often feels like a frat party rather than a lecture hall? Wes Crill, the head of strategists at Dimensional, talks about that as well as a variety of other market topics, such as the rotation back into growth from value and how to read the inflation tea leaves. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-14/booth-s-dimensional-converts-29-billion-of-mutual-funds-to-etfs">Dimensional Converts $29 Billion of Mutual Funds Into ETFs</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-16/fed-decision-central-bank-satisfies-inflation-hawks-without-lifting-a-finger?sref=jaGkMhDb">Fed Satisfies Inflation Hawks Without Lifting a Finger</a>

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Hosts Mike Regan and Vildana Hajric are joined each week by expert guests to discuss the main themes influencing global markets.

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