Example: DFA vs Vanguard Small‑Value

Chris runs numbers showing DFA's small‑cap value has higher factor‑predicted return despite a higher expense ratio.

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Chris Pedersen updates his recommendations and describes his selection process in an interactive presentation with Paul and Daryl along for the ride.

This "Best In Class ETFs Recommendations" presentation is the 9th in the Boot Camp Series. (We have not completed some of the earlier presentations due to the high interest in Chris' Best In Class Recommendations).

The focus of each the Boot Camp presentation is to help investors make the best of what we consider to be the biggest long term decisions they will make.

Of course we cannot know the ETFs that will produce the highest returns but we can measure the likely impact of the factors that Chris discusses during his presentation.

On behalf of all of the people who find this work helpful, as well as Daryl Bahls and myself, I want to thank Chris Pedersen for all he has done to help us understand the potential long term advantage of his analysis. It is our hope that his work will give investors the confidence and commitment to “stay the course" in the normal ups and downs of the market.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:15 - Changes

00:12:31 - Factor Basics

00:18:00 - Selection Criteria

00:20:21 -- Quantifying Differences

00:24:32 -- Comparing in an Asset Class

00:31:10 -- More than just numbers

00:32:12 -- BIC ETFs on Website

00:33:05 -- US Large Cap Blend

00:34:33 -- US Large Cap Value

00:37:40 -- US Small Cap Blend

00:42:30 -- Int'l Large Cap Value