Research demonstrates that the investment factor has explanatory power for the cross-section of stock returns, with high-investment firms tending to underperform low-investment firms. For example, Kewei Hou, Chen Xue and Lu Zhang, authors of the [...]
We built a simple tool recently to review so-called value spreads over time. [ref]something we've discussed in the past many times. Example here.[/ref] This tool maps out the median valuations for the top decile and [...]
Matthias x. Hanauer, Jochim G. LauterbachA 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? As a non-academic finance [...]
In this week's post, I discuss four papers. The first paper, summarized by Tommi and written by Tarun Gupta and Bryan Kelly (AQR), examines the momentum of (L/S) factors. The second article, written by Larry [...]
Passive Sustainable Funds: the Global Landscape Hortense Bioy and Kenneth LamontThe Journal of Index Investing, 2018A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category. [...]
Employee equity & stock options are a major part of the modern compensation plan. That's certainly the case for my financial planning clients. Unfortunately, a search for the best approach to managing your equity opens [...]
The underperformance of value stocks over the past 10 years has received much attention from the financial media and led at least some investors to conclude that value investing is dead. From 2009 through March [...]
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 [...]
Factor Momentum Everywhere Tarun Gupta and Bryan KellyJournal 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 What are [...]
In this week's video, we examine four articles. The first article, written by Elisabetta, examines a trading strategy on bonds (duration) using news sentiment. The second article, written by Larry Swedroe, examines two papers using [...]
Nothing lasts forever and this definitely stands true for equity markets where volatility can explode and investors can lose a lot of money very quickly. Because of equity market volatility investors often seek so-called "crisis [...]
Investing in US 10-year Yields with News Sentiment Nina Gotthelf and Matthias W. UhlJournal of Investing, Winter 2018A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research [...]
There’s a large body of research, including the 2017 study “Tail Risk Mitigation with Managed Volatility Strategies” by Anna Dreyer and Stefan Hubrich, that demonstrates that, while past returns do not predict future returns, past [...]
In this week's video, we examine three articles. The first article, written by Adam Tkaczuk, covers a method to make an opportunity zone (equity) investment behave more like a bond. The second article, written by Larry [...]
Two of the more interesting puzzles in finance are related to volatility—stocks with greater idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) have produced lower returns and stocks with high uncertainty about risk, as measured by the volatility of expected [...]
A Guide to ESG Portfolio Construction Michael Branch, Lisa R. Goldberg and Pete HandJournal of Portfolio ManagementA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our [...]
The tax benefits of the new Opportunity Zone program are potentially phenomenal. However, when you dig into the details of the program you quickly realize that many of the investment options are typically higher-risk and [...]
One of the mistakes that prevent investors from achieving their goals is that when it comes to evaluating investments and investment strategies most think that three years is a long time, five years a very [...]
In this week's episode, we cover two articles. The first article, summarized by Tommi, examines the performance of tax-managed factor strategies. The second article examines the performance of systematically purchasing stocks trading above 10x their [...]
When Short Sellers and Corporate Insiders Agree on Stock Pricing Chune Young Chung, Hong Kee Sul, and Kainan WangJournal of Portfolio ManagementA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic [...]
