By |Published On: April 21st, 2020|Categories: Compound Your Knowledge, Research Insights, Podcasts and Video, Media, Academic Research Insight, Tool How-To-Guides, ETF Investing|

In the short video below, I show how to compute Active Share. The accompanying excel file with the formulas can be found here.

I start by computing the active share for two hypothetical funds, and then examine the active share of a few live ETFs.

External link to the video here.

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About the Author: Jack Vogel, PhD

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.

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