Active Versus Passive Investing: Can we End the Confusion?
I've noticed something profound the past few years: depending on your audience, the definition of active investing and passive investing is different. To a financial [...]
Our Introduction to Alpha Architect Video
The video maps out our mission, our core beliefs, and explains what we are trying to accomplish in the asset management business.
DIY Asset Allocation Weights: February 2017
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Are you Ready to Witness Finance Research on Steroids?
Have you ever dreamed of meeting Ben Bernanke face-to-face? Would you love the chance to bump into Larry Summers in the hallway? Or better yet, [...]
DIY Asset Allocation Weights: December 2016
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: November 2016
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: October 2016
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: September 2016
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Alpha Architect 2 for 1 book deal — cheap summer reading!
Readers: We know a lot of you are out on vacation in August and probably having the time of your life (eg., see below). But [...]
DIY Asset Allocation Weights: August 2016
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: July 2016
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Can You Spot the Closet-Indexer? Introducing Visual Active Share
Readers, We're working on some internal tools to help investors make more informed decisions. The primary challenge that investors face is understanding what they are [...]
DIY ASSET ALLOCATION WEIGHTS: June 2016
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: May 2016
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Our summertime introductory finance education course
Well, it's my birthday today, so I'm getting older, but I'm in high spirits because younger people are so excited to learn new things. Over [...]
Smart Beta Analysis: Know What You Own
In collaboration with Pete Hecht (a fellow Chicago finance PhD and friend), we published an article with the CFA Institute today. https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2016/03/30/wheres-the-beef-is-your-low-fee-smart-beta-product-ripping-you-off/ The toolkit for assessing smart [...]
DIY Asset Allocation Weights: November 2015
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DIY Asset Allocation Weights: October 2015
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How to Use Factor Funds in a Diversified Portfolio
Active management has been out of favor for a while--high fees, high tax burdens, and poor long-term performance. But with the slow rise of actively [...]
Factor Models Can Only Tell You So Much
Factor analysis has taken the professional consultant world by storm and we are slowly seeing this analysis being used more and more by sophisticated retail investors [...]