And the Winner Is: Examining Alternative Value Metrics
By Larry Swedroe|July 7th, 2023|Larry Swedroe, Factor Investing, Research Insights, Value Investing Research|
Although the most efficient way to implement a value strategy may need to be clarified, it is clear that value has withstood the test of time and that some implementations are superior to others. The evidence suggests that P/B is not an efficient metric as a standalone criteria. Instead, value strategies that use P/B should include at least a measure of profitability while managing sector - and security-level diversification.
DIY Trend-Following Allocations: July 2023
By Ryan Kirlin|July 3rd, 2023|Index Updates, Research Insights, Tool Updates, Tactical Asset Allocation Research|
Full exposure to domestic equities. Full exposure to international equities. No exposure to REITs. No exposure to commodities. No exposure to intermediate-term bonds.
The Gender Gap Among Top Business Executives
By Elisabetta Basilico, PhD, CFA|July 3rd, 2023|ESG, Women in Finance Know Stuff, Research Insights, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight|
The article aims to provide insights into the gender gaps in executive employment and compensation, explore the role of corporate culture and temporal flexibility in these gaps, and understand the factors influencing gender differences in entry, exit, and pay among top business executives.
Diving Into the Performance of Factors
By Larry Swedroe|June 30th, 2023|Larry Swedroe, Factor Investing, Research Insights|
Researchers have raised questions and led to research into how many factors are needed, the replicability of originally reported results, and the decay of factor performance over time.
Where Large Language Models and Finance Meet
By Tommi Johnsen, PhD|June 26th, 2023|Research Insights, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight, AI and Machine Learning|
BloombergGPT is a large language model (LLM) developed specifically for financial tasks. The authors trained the LLM on a large body of financial textual data, evaluated it on several financial language processing tasks and found it performed at a significantly higher level than several other state-of-the-art LLMs.
Intangible Value: Modernizing the Factor Portfolio
By Kai Wu|June 23rd, 2023|Intangibles, Factor Investing, Research Insights, Guest Posts|
The “Intangible Value Factor” (IHML) can play an additive role in factor portfolios alongside the established market, size, value, quality, and momentum factors. This Six-Factor Model avoids the problematic “anti-innovation” bias of traditional factor portfolios and can be easily implemented using ETFs.
Fundamentals and the Attenuation of Anomalies
By Elisabetta Basilico, PhD, CFA|June 22nd, 2023|Research Insights, Factor Investing, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight, Value Investing Research, Momentum Investing Research|
The article aims to explore the possibility that changes in fundamentals play a role in the attenuation of stock market anomalies, offering an alternative explanation to the prevailing arbitrage-based explanation
Improving Performance by Avoiding Negatives of Index Replication
By Larry Swedroe|June 16th, 2023|Price Pressure Factor, Index Updates, Larry Swedroe, Research Insights, Guest Posts, Investor Education|
There are several significant, well-documented benefits of index funds. In addition to outperforming a large majority of actively managed funds, they tend to have low fees, low turnover (resulting in low trading costs and high tax efficiency), broad diversification, high liquidity, and near-zero tracking error (generally assumed to mean that they incur negligible trading costs).
Long-Only Value Investing: Size Doesn’t Matter!
By Wesley Gray, PhD|June 15th, 2023|Research Insights, Factor Investing, Key Research, Value Investing Research|
Summary: no difference in average returns between large-cap and small-cap portfolios. There you have it. The small-cap sacred cow has been slaughtered.
Industry classification and the momentum factor
By Tommi Johnsen, PhD|June 12th, 2023|Research Insights, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight, Momentum Investing Research|
This paper finds that the level of industry classification plays a significant role in the performance of industry momentum strategies.