Compound Your Knowledge Ep. 11: ETFs, Manager Wealth, TLH, Value

By Jack Vogel, PhD|May 6th, 2019|Compound Your Knowledge, Research Insights, Factor Investing, Podcasts and Video, Media|

In this week’s episode, we cover four articles published on our site. The first article, written by Ryan, examines the growth in assets of ETFs and Mutual Funds. The second article, summarized by Elisabetta, examines the performance of funds by differentiating the fund’s manager on his/her family wealth. The third article, written by Maneesh Shanbhag, examines the benefits of Tax-Loss Harvesting (TLH). The last article, written by Larry Swedroe, takes a deep dive into two explanations for the Value premium–(1) Risk and (2) Behavior.

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About the Author: Jack Vogel, PhD

Jack Vogel, Ph.D., conducts research in empirical asset pricing and behavioral finance, and is a co-author of DIY FINANCIAL ADVISOR: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth. His dissertation investigates how behavioral biases affect the value anomaly. His academic background includes experience as an instructor and research assistant at Drexel University in both the Finance and Mathematics departments, as well as a Finance instructor at Villanova University. Dr. Vogel is currently a Managing Member of Alpha Architect, LLC, an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor, where he heads the research department and serves as the Chief Financial Officer. He has a PhD in Finance and a MS in Mathematics from Drexel University, and graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Mathematics and Education from The University of Scranton.