By |Published On: July 15th, 2016|Categories: Business Updates|

The Alpha Architect Team & Friends took a trip to the mountains last weekend to conduct a Freedom Hike–Our unique form of team-building.

We were hosted by my youngest brother who runs an elk outfitting business — Flat Tops Wilderness Guides — deep in mountains of CO (not far from the ranch where we grew up).

We started the hike off with an attempt to promote awareness related to the high rates of suicide among veterans — estimated at over 20 per day. The squad — to include the 66-year-old Gary Antonacci of Dual Momentum fame — did 22 pushups as a team.

After we did our pushups we took the “before” picture — notice how everyone is smiling pre-hazing.

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From Left to Right (Top): Henry Brigham, Dave Babulak, Pat Cleary, Doug Pugliese, Cliff Gray, Tyler Gray. Bottom: Wes Gray, Yang Xu, Gary Antonacci, Tao Wang, Uncle Richard

We followed our group shot with some intense outdoors adventure: We hiked over 30 miles, conquered Shingle Peak, fly fished, told lies around the camp fire, and managed to come back in one piece. Success.

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The view outside our camp–fly fishing heaven. Pat Cleary is in the picture landing a beautiful brook trout

Here is a shot of us at the top of Shingle Peak:

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Back Row left to right: Cliff Gray, Henry Brigham, Dave Babulak, Doug Pugliese, Wes Gray. Bottom row: Yang Xu, Pat Cleary, Tyler Gray, and Tao Wang.

Here were the living quarters for a few days:

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Alpha Architect outdoor HQ. We contemplated many quant models in the woods.

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About the Author: Wesley Gray, PhD

Wesley Gray, PhD
After serving as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, Dr. Gray earned an MBA and a PhD in finance from the University of Chicago where he studied under Nobel Prize Winner Eugene Fama. Next, Wes took an academic job in his wife’s hometown of Philadelphia and worked as a finance professor at Drexel University. Dr. Gray’s interest in bridging the research gap between academia and industry led him to found Alpha Architect, an asset management firm dedicated to an impact mission of empowering investors through education. He is a contributor to multiple industry publications and regularly speaks to professional investor groups across the country. Wes has published multiple academic papers and four books, including Embedded (Naval Institute Press, 2009), Quantitative Value (Wiley, 2012), DIY Financial Advisor (Wiley, 2015), and Quantitative Momentum (Wiley, 2016). Dr. Gray currently resides in Palmas Del Mar Puerto Rico with his wife and three children. He recently finished the Leadville 100 ultramarathon race and promises to make better life decisions in the future.

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