Does Higher Financial Literacy Lead to Better Portfolio Performance?
Financial Literacy and Portfolio Dynamics Milo Bianchi Journal of Finance, forthcoming A version of this paper can be found here Want to read our summaries of academic [...]
Are Trend-Following and Time-Series Momentum Research Results Robust?
When it comes to trend following and/or time-series momentum research, we got ya covered! A few places to dig in: Evidence for Long-Term Trend-Following by Alpha [...]
The Costs of Implementing Momentum Strategies
There are now hundreds of factors in what John Cochrane famously called the “zoo of factors.” However, there are only a small number that meet [...]
The World’s Longest Multi-Asset Momentum Investing Backtest!
As evidenced by the image below, interest in momentum research has taken off since the original 1993 Jegadeesh and Titman paper: Source: "Two Centuries of [...]
Short Sellers Can Predict Deteriorating Bank Fundamentals
Can short sellers inform bank supervision? Bhanu Balasubramnian and Ajay Palvia Journal of Financial Services Research A version of this paper can be found here Want [...]
Quantifying the Value of Retirement Accounts
Many people talk about the tax benefits of retirement accounts. However, few attempt to quantify and estimate the actual benefits. To make matters worse, when [...]
Bond Investing: Reach for Safety
Yield. Within almost any asset class, investors want to know, what is the "yield" on the investment? For some investors, this is the most important [...]
ESG and Factor Investing
Thematic Indexing, Meet Smart Beta! Merging ESG into Factor Portfolios Jennifer Bender, Xiaole Sun, and Taie Wang Journal of Index Investing, 2017 A version of this paper can [...]
What the CFOs Think About the Equity Premium in 2018
Professors John Graham and Campbell Harvey consistently put out great research. One of their innovations in financial research is their annual CFO survey (we've covered [...]
Systematic Investment Strategies are Hot. But What Happens Next?
Systematic Investment Strategies Daniel Giamouridis (Co-editor of FAJ) Financial Analysts Journal A version of this paper can be found here Want to read our summaries of [...]
Tail Risk Hedging: An Alternative Approach to Risk Management
This article proposes tail risk hedging (TRH) as an alternative model for managing risk in investment portfolios. The standard risk management approach involves a significant [...]
Timing Country Exposure with Value: A Valuation Measure Horserace
Buy cheap. This is a motto many live by, not only in their daily lives but also in their investment philosophy. Historically, "buying cheap" stocks [...]
How to Perform Investment Sentiment Analysis on Twitter
Company Event Popularity for Financial Markets using Twitter and Sentiment Analysis Mariana Daniel, Rui Ferreira Neves, Nuno Horta Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 A version [...]
Investing in IPOs? Look at IPOs from Firms with More SEC Comment Letters
The oversight role of regulators: evidence from SEC comment letters in the IPO process Bing Li and Zhenbin Liu Review of Accounting Studies A version [...]
Democratize Quant 2018 Recap and Educational Materials
This past week we had the honor of hosting the first annual "Democratize Quant Conference" with our friends at Villanova University (a link to the [...]
Momentum Everywhere, Including in Factors
Momentum is the tendency for assets that have performed well (poorly) in the recent past to continue to perform well (poorly) in the future, at [...]
Stock Buybacks are Bad? What About the Alternative — Investment
Recently there has been a fairly active discussion within the financial media on the topic of stock buybacks, or share repurchases. This is probably due [...]
STEM Parents and Women in Finance
STEM Parents and Women in Finance Renee Adams, Brad Barber and Terrance Odean Financial Analyst Journal, forthcoming A version of this paper can be found here Want [...]
Is The US Stock Market Overvalued? Depends on which Model You ask
When stock prices reach a new high, investors start asking the question: Are stocks overvalued? To answer this question, investors have developed several alternative equity [...]
Do Relative-Value Strategies Beat Traditional Systematic Value Investing Strategies?
Readers often send us great questions related to different ideas on systematic value strategies. The outcome of years of back and forth with readers and [...]