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.
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.[ref]free access for financial professionals[/ref] Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
ESG as Waving Banners and as Pulling Plows Meir StatmanJournal of Portfolio Management, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries [...]
Factor Exposure Variation and Mutual Fund Performance Ammann, Fischer and WeigertFinancial Analyst Journal, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries [...]
Recently, we have experienced a rush of questions from investors/clients who seek our opinion on direct indexing/tax-loss-harvesting ("TLH") and how it compares to the potential [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.[ref]free access for financial professionals[/ref] Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns Choi, So and WangWorking Paper, 2021A version of this paper can be found here.Want to read our [...]
The Firm Next Door: Using Satellite Images to Study Local Information Advantage Kang, Stice-Lawrence, Wong Journal of Accounting Research, 2021A version of this paper can [...]
The Family Origin of the Math Gender Gap is a White Affluent Phenomenon Dossi, Figlio, Giuliano and SapienzaNBER working paper, 2020A version of this paper [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.[ref]free access for financial professionals[/ref] Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
Trust and Financial Advice Burke and HungJournal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of [...]
Our chat with Wes Gray illuminates the subtle nuance and discipline of concentrated factor investing, the difference between behavioural and risk-based factor premiums, and the [...]
Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance Gompers, Mukharlyamov, Weisburst, and XuanJournal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.[ref]free access for financial professionals[/ref] Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
Wes Gray, CEO of Alpha Architect, talks about the value rotation, momentum stocks, the ETF white-labeling business, and more with Nate Geraci. External link to the [...]
Open Source Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Andrew Chen and Tom ZimmermannWorking paperA version of this paper can be found here What are the research questions? There has [...]
COVID is killing conference mojo overall, but we were able to host a short and sweet "Democratize Quant" conference this morning. The speakers were terrific [...]
Responsible Investing: The ESG Efficient Frontier Pedersen, Fitzgibbons, and PomorskiJournal of Financial Economics, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries [...]
In this blog we discuss the academic research surrounding the question of cryptocurrency liquidity. How to Measure the Liquidity of Cryptocurrency? Brauneis, Mestel , Riordan [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.[ref]free access for financial professionals[/ref] Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads