Utilizing an Amended CAPE Ratio to Derive a Country's Expected Return and Develop Portfolio Rotation Between Countries Sailesh S. RadhaJournal of Portfolio ManagementA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of [...]
Editor's Note: The ability of value investors to adhere to their investment strategy has been put to the greatest test ever. From January 2017 through March 2020, in terms of total returns, the Russell 3000 [...]
Among stock investors, a common strategy/belief held is Value investing -- buying stocks that are relative cheaper on price/fundamental ratios. The idea behind why value investing works is that Value stocks are either (1) riskier [...]
Value investing is the age-old investment strategy that buys securities that appear cheap relative to some fundamental anchor. Ronen Israel, Kristoffer Laursen, Scott A. Richardson in "Is (Systematic) Value Investing Dead" There is a large [...]
Impact Investing 2.0: Not Just for Do-Gooders Anymore Diana LiebermanThe Journal of Investing, Winter 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 if your portfolio was only based on one idea? Something like “stocks always go up” or “value always beats growth.” You may be learning a humbling lesson right now that Mr. Market has taught [...]
Recently I was invited to talk with Justin and Jack on the Excess Returns Podcast. I thank them for the opportunity and enjoyed the conversation! Below are some of the topics we discussed: Struggles in [...]
From January 2017 through March 2020, the value premium, defined by HML (the return of high book-to-market stocks minus the return of low book-to-market stocks experienced a drawdown of 42 percent. The team at Buckingham [...]
Diversification. It looks great on paper, but for the past ten years, being globally and “Factor” diversified has been anything but great. Understandably, many diversified investors are looking at their returns and wondering why they [...]
Is (systematic) Value Investing Dead? Ronen Israel, Kristoffer Laursen and Scott RichardsonWorking Paper, published at aqr.comA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic [...]
This week we discuss Ryan's article examining the Enterprise Multiple, EBIT/TEV, or Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) divided by the firm's Total Enterprise Value (TEV). Article Links: What's the Story Behind EBIT/TEV [...]
We've saw a spike in questions the last few days related to the various "value is really cheap posts" coming into the mainstream. This conversation was elevated after Cliff Asness posted the best piece of [...]
Tesla (TSLA) breached the $100 billion market capitalization in January 2020 and became the most valuable car manufacturer globally. However, valuing the company is challenging given the growth profile, complexity of the business, and erratic [...]
A common question we receive at Alpha Architect is the following: Why do you focus on EBIT/TEV as a value screen for stocks instead of the more traditional measures such as book to price? In [...]
What are the two most annoying words in forecasting? IT DEPENDS. In this piece we look at the "value" of value, which has been beaten down recently. A few questions arise in this scenario: How [...]
In this video, we examine two articles highlighted on our site. The first article, written by Larry Swedroe, examines the Value and Momentum performance over the past two years ( highlighting great research by the [...]
The dramatic underperformance of the value premium since 2018, among the largest drawdowns in history, has led many to question its existence. It is certainly possible that what economists call a “regime change” could cause [...]
The Use and Value of Financial Advice for Retirement Planning W.V. Arlow, K.C. Brown, and S.E. JenksJournal of Retirement, Winter 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance [...]
Boring versus Cheap Winners
From 2017 through 2019, the Russell 1000 Growth Index returned 20.5 percent per annum, outperforming the Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned 9.7 percent, by 10.8 percentage points a year; and the Russell 2000 Growth [...]
