Buying Stocks Trading Above 10x Sales–A Good Idea?
Early last week, Meb Faber included me on a conversation on buying stocks trading at 10x their company's revenue (sales). Is this a good idea [...]
Compound Your Knowledge Ep. 11: ETFs, Manager Wealth, TLH, Value
In this week's episode, we cover four articles published on our site. The first article, written by Ryan, examines the growth in assets of ETFs [...]
Deep Dive into the Value Factor
The financial equivalent of the famous Miller Lite, “tastes great, less filling” debate is the debate between traditional financial economics which uses risk theories to [...]
All About ETFs with The 15 Minute Financial Advisor (Ryan & Mike)
Here is a link to our podcast on "The 15 Minute Financial Advisor" Show: Ryan Kirlin knows ETFs. He used to work at the New [...]
Compound Your Knowledge Episode 10: Factor Investing & Hedge Fund Performance
In this week's video, we discuss three posts. The first post discusses the new index analysis section on our site. The second post, written by [...]
Compound Your Knowledge Episode 9: Investor Confidence & Issues with Factor Investing
In this week's post, we discuss two posts. The first post, written by Elisabetta, examines a new method attempting to directly measure aggregate investor overconfidence. [...]
The Factors that Plague Factor Investing
For those interested in the literature on factor-based investing, a new paper by Robert Arnott, Campbell Harvey, Vitali Kalesnik and Juhani Linnainmaa, “Alice’s Adventures in [...]
Compound Your Knowledge Episode 8: Cash Conversion Cycle, Uncertainty, and Distracted Investors
In this week's post, I discuss three papers. The first examines a new factor, the Cash Conversion Cycle--while most are discounting factors in the new [...]
A Remarkable New Factor: The Cash Conversion Cycle
The Cash Conversion Cycle Spread Baolian WangJFE, forthcoming.A version of this paper can be found here.Old discussions here and here. h.t. M. Mauboussin What are the [...]
The Momentum of News
Since the development of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) in the 1960s, hundreds of anomalies (what John Cochrane famously called a “zoo of new [...]
Momentum Factor Investing in Russia
Momentum Factor Investing in 19th Century Imperial Russia William Goetzmann and Siman HuangJFE, forthcoming.A version of this paper can be found here. What are the research [...]
Why the Size Premium Should Persist
As the chief research officer for Buckingham Strategic Wealth and The BAM Alliance, I’m often asked, after any asset class or factor experiences a period [...]
Factor Investing in Practice
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 [...]
Seven Centuries of Commodity Reversals
Seven Centuries of Commodity Reversals Adam Zaremba, Robert Bianchi, and Matuesz MikutowskiA version of this paper can be found here. What are the research questions? As [...]
Low Volatility Can Be Low Turnover
Low Volatility Needs Little Trading Pim van Vliet Journal of Portfolio Management A version of this paper can be found here Want to read our summaries [...]
Compound Your Knowledge Episode 5: Size & Value
In today’s video, we examine two posts from last week. First, we examine Wes' post on the Size factor. Second, we examine a paper by [...]
Is There a Size Effect in the Stock Market?
One of the oldest and most persuasive arguments in the stock market is that small stocks outperform large stocks.[ref]A version of this showed up in [...]
How Risky are the Value and Size Premiums? Part 2/2 of Volatility Lessons
Volatility Lessons Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French Financial Analysts Journal A version of this paper can be found here Want to read our summaries [...]
Compound Your Knowledge: Episode 3–Factor Failure, China, EBITDA
In today's video, we examine three posts. First, we examine Larry Swedroe's rebuttal to the "failure" of factor investing. Second, we examine a paper examining [...]
Size and Value in China
Size and Value in China Jianan Liu, Rob Stambaugh, and Yu Yuan Journal of Financial Economics A version of this paper can be found here What [...]