Many people listen to the forecasts because to them, getting it right could mean a windfall and a false sense of certainty to something which is highly unknowable.

As the year comes to end, we will see financial institutions and managers publishing their predictions and outlooks for 2023. How reliable are these forecasts?

All news is old news. Invest looking to the future, rather than base your decisions on outdated data.

Looking to the past can provide insightful lessons for the future.

Politics and trade issues have entered financial headlines once more. But can anyone try to pre-empt and position themselves for what could happen in the market, in a way that would let them profit from those predictions before others do?

Can investors consistently time the market? Will you be able to tell when to buy or sell? In this video, Jim Davis from Dimensional Fund Advisors runs more than 780 tests on data from 15 stock markets to see what the evidence says.