Since the development of the first asset pricing model, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), academic research has attempted to develop models that increase the explanatory power of the cross-section of stock returns. We moved [...]
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 pros and cons of active management over passive and index-based [...]
Climate Change and Asset Allocation: A Distinction ThatMakes a Difference Brian Jacobsen, Eddie Cheng, and Wai LeeJournal of Portfolio ManagementA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? [...]
We are proponents of focused (i.e., 50 stock) long-only value and momentum factor strategies.Please note that in the context of long/short factor investing, which is more focused on Sharpe optimization and the use of leverage, [...]
The grand experiment of combining massive fiscal and monetary stimulus at a time when the economy is already recovering strongly—the Fed’s latest forecast for 2021 GNP growth is 6.5 percent—has led many investors to begin [...]
A few years ago, before launching our freedom-weighted emerging markets index, I was in a coffee shop where I overheard a group of students talking at the next table. They were anxious about an upcoming [...]
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 read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic [...]
Introduction This is the third article in a series of three, the first two are available here and here. Those articles focus on examining from a digital signal processing (DSP) perspectiveFor background information on DSP, [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.free access for financial professionals 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 podcast here. https://open.spotify.com/show/4FTkbBgTiC1AFJgMmtwKX3?si=q7UbCIYfSjmDAPa7dL5DkQ
The Stock-Bond Correlation Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman, and David TurkingtonJournal of Portfolio ManagementA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category [...]
Do-It-Yourself tactical asset allocation weights for the Robust Asset Allocation Index are posted here. (Note: free registration required) Request a free account here if you want to access the site directly. Exposure Highlights (bold implies [...]
Figure 1: Investors are between a rock and a hard place.Source: Getty Images. Invesco. Investors are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, it is painful to buy bonds that deliver [...]
ETF use among actively managed mutual fund portfolios D. Eli Sherrill, Sara E. Shirley, Jeffrey R. StarkJournal of Financial EconomicsA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? [...]
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 been a wave of articles (and press) suggesting that academic [...]
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 and I personally learned a lot from them. This post [...]
In recent years the field of empirical finance has faced challenges from papers arguing that there is a replication crisis because the majority of studies cannot be replicated and/or their findings are the result of [...]
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 of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category What [...]
Financial economists have long known that volatility and returns are negatively correlated. Fischer Black documented this in his 1976 paper “Studies of Stock Price Volatility Changes.” This relationship results in the tendency to produce negative [...]
Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, created a simple explanation for predicting future stock returns. The so-called “Occam's razor” (law of parsimony) approach is an attempt to explain projected returns as simple as possible. Mr. [...]
