- What is factor investing?
- Do factors work?
- Factor portfolio considerations
- Managing factor investor behavior
We are creating a series of long-form educational videos that present materials often covered in our white papers. The intent of these videos is make our content more accessible to visual learners.
The video below is a presentation related to a long-form post we have on a post called, “The Sustainable Active Investing Framework: Simple, But Not Easy,” which is a discussion about identifying sustainable edge in a competitive marketplace.
The video borrows heavily from the ideas in the blog post, but is focused specifically on factor investing.
The lecture is structured to address the following ideas:
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About the Author: 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.
