While the quality factor has been identified in the literature (including papers such as “Buffett’s Alpha,” “Global Return Premiums on Earnings Quality, Value, and Size,” and “The Excess Returns of ‘Quality’ Stocks: A Behavioral Anomaly”), [...]
The crowning achievement for investors is the ability to identify which of the few active mutual funds will outperform in the future. Despite an overwhelming body of academic research which has demonstrated that past performance [...]
Lingchi is the Chinese term for the form of torture we know as “death by 1000 cuts” that was reportedly used from 900 CE until it was banned in 1905. It is also translated as [...]
Crowded Trades: Implications for Sector Rotation and Factor Timing William Kinlaw, 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 [...]
Research into the momentum factor continues to demonstrate its persistence and pervasiveness, including across factors. Recent papers have focused on trying to identify ways to improve the explanatory power and performance of momentum strategies. Prior [...]
James MontierA full version of this paper can be found in this bookWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category Introduction In an earlier post we analyzed the prominent [...]
Model Portfolios Basu, Gates, Karir and AngJournal of Wealth Management, Spring 2019A version of the paper can be found here Want to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category What [...]
It's not a perfect world out there and often times alternative funds are mischaracterized, misused, and not put through a rigorous enough portfolio construction process. It's my hope that I can forewarn you of the [...]
Here is a link to our podcast on Taylor Schulte's "Stay Wealthy" show. Without question, you have heard of Exchange Traded Funds, also commonly referred to as ETFs.It’s a complex topic so I brought in [...]
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 [...]
Cash Flow Duration and the Term Structure of Equity Returns Michael WeberA version of the paper can be found here. Want to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category. What are [...]
What is Quality? Jason Hsu , Vitali Kalesnik , and Engin Kose Financial Analysts JournalA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research [...]
In my June 4, 2019 article “The Re-Death of Value, or Déjà Vu All Over?” I noted that one possible explanation for at least part of the poor performance of value stocks over the past [...]
Investigating the relationship between risk and return David Blitz, Pim van Vliet, and Guido BaltussenA version of the paper can be found here.Want a summary of academic papers with alpha? Check out our Academic Research Recap [...]
Technological Links and Predictable Returns Charles Lee, Stephen Sun, Rongfei Wang and Ran ZhangJournal of Financial Economics, forthcomingA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out [...]
Reconsidering Returns Samuel M Hartzmark, David H. SolomonA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category. What are the Research Questions? The easiest [...]
Here is a link to our podcast on "The ETF Prime Podcast": ETF.com’s Drew Voros offers his perspective on ESG investing, including highlighting the example of Facebook. Tune to the ~22 minute mark to hear Alpha Architect’s Ryan [...]
Factor Investing from Concept to Implementation Eduard van Gelderen, Joop Huij, and Georgi KyosevWorking paperA version of this paper can be found here[ref]hat tip to Art Johnson for mentioning this paper![/ref] What are the research questions? [...]
Explaining the Demise of Value Investing Baruch Lev and Anup Srivastava A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category What [...]
Value and Momentum each had back to back extreme returns (five sigma) days on Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 10th. The Dow Jones Thematic Market Neutral Value Index (“Value”) started the week up 3.45%, [...]
