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Dimensional's 'Passive' Course Pays Off
By Tom Petruno
Los Angeles Times
December 2005
Upon his retirement, Rex Sinquefield recalls how the embrace of market efficiency and the construction of a database of historical security prices paved the way for the success of passive investment strategies at Dimensional Fund Advisors.
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