This week Ryan and Jack discuss two topics. First, they discuss a paper examining the performance of bank affiliated mutual funds. Second, they examine a post by Larry Swedroe on diversification. Paper Links: Do Bank Affiliated Funds Underperform Affiliated Funds? https://alphaarchitect.com/2018/10/29/do-bank-affiliated-funds-underperform-unaffiliated-funds/ Asset Diversification in a Flat World. https://alphaarchitect.com/2018/11/01/asset-diversification-in-a-flat-world/ The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Alpha Architect, its affiliates or its employees. Our full disclosures are available below. Definitions of common statistics used in our analysis are available below (towards the bottom). https://alphaarchitect.com/disclosures/ Join thousands of other readers and subscribe to our blog. https://alphaarchitect.com/subscribe/