Sometimes, it’s admirable to persevere against slim odds and sometimes not – such as if you’re trying to pick the next winners among actively managed funds. Think you can identify which ones will not only survive the next few years but also outperform their peers? Dimensional took a look at this question and found the likelihood is somewhere in the range of slim odds to fat chance.

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We kick off our 2017 communications with you by celebrating a new addition! We are thrilled to join Katie and her husband Doug in welcoming their newborn Sally Marie Ackerman to the world. Sally arrived at 5:52 pm on January 10 (just in time for supper), weighing in with all of her 8 pounds, 3 ounces. All reports suggest that Sally is healthy, a fantastic eater, and a perfect sleeper during the day. Nighttime sleeping is something she’s working on in the first quarter of 2017.

While running a half-marathon pales in comparison to some of life’s other challenges, I still found it wasn’t a cakewalk to participate in my first race a few weeks ago – the Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona run. As a cancer survivor and a person who doesn’t necessarily love running, this task was all I could handle. As you can tell from this picture, I grinned to tell about it. Bottom line, it’s fun to blow through old boundaries. I root for you as you push past yours in 2017!