Illustrating the Value of Retirement Accounts
What do most people consider to be the biggest benefit of retirement accounts? Many investors and advisors will say, "tax deferral." But a recent article (pdf [...]
Momentum Investing, Like Value Investing, is Simple, but NOT Easy
We've covered momentum investing extensively over the years, to include 94 posts, a book on the subject, and numerous discussions on various podcast outlets. There [...]
Leveraged ETFs and Volatility Jumps
Leveraged ETFs: Are you prepared for the Volatility Jumps? Linda Zhang Journal of Index Investing, Summer 2018 A version of this paper can be found here [...]
Video: Alpha Architect Weekly Research Recap (Jack & Ryan)
You can watch the video via the link below: Video Summary Ryan and I discuss three articles published on our blog this week. First, we [...]
How Leverage Constraints Effect Mutual Fund Risk Taking
The 2014 study by Andrea Frazzini and Lasse Heje Pedersen, “Betting Against Beta,” found strong support for low-beta strategies. I’ve previously written on low-beta strategies [...]
The Conservative Formula: Quantitative Investing made Easy
The Conservative Formula: Quantitative Investing made Easy Pim van Vliet and David Blitz A version of this paper can be found here. Want to read our [...]
What’s in Your Benchmark?
What's in Your Benchmark? A Factor Analysis of Major Market Indexes Ananth Madhavan, Aleksander Sobczyk and Andrew Ang Journal of Portfolio Management A version of [...]
Video: Smart Beta is Officially Dead, but Not Forgotten (Jack & Ryan)
You can watch the video via the link below: Video Summary Ryan Kirlin walks through his experience growing up in smart beta. He was [...]
Smart Beta is Officially Dead, but Not Forgotten
What is Smart Beta? Nobody really knows these days. Heck, even the godfather of smart beta, Rob Arnott, is no longer certain. Here's his original [...]
DIY Asset Allocation Weights: September 2018
Do-It-Yourself tactical asset allocation weights for the Robust Asset Allocation Index are posted here.[ref] Create a free account here if you want to access the site directly. The [...]
Group Diversity May Constrain the Most Dangerous Investment Bias: Overconfidence
Gender Composition and Group Confidence Judgement: The Perils of All- Male Groups Steffen Keck, Wenjie Tang Management Science, forthcoming A version of this paper can [...]
Buybacks: Why They Don’t Matter, Why They Do, and Why You Should Care Yet Still Relax.
U.S. Companies bought back $217 Billion of their $1.3bn in overseas cash in the first quarter helping fuel a record $189 billion in stock buybacks. [...]
Fintwit Might Matter for Momentum and Mean Reversion in Stock Prices
Momentum, Mean-Reversion, and Social Media: Evidence from StockTwits and Twitter Shreyash Agrawal, Pablo D. Azar, Andrew W. Lo and Taranjit Singh Journal of Portfolio Management [...]
Podcast: Quantitative Value Investing on the Stansberry Investor Hour (Wes)
You can listen to the podcast via the link below: Here is a link to our podcast on the Stansberry Investor Hour. Show Summary It’s [...]
March for the Fallen 2018: Detailed Logistics Outline and What to Expect
We are 5 weeks away and the March for the Fallen living memorial is about to begin. Here are the links to prior updates if you'd like to [...]
Academic Factor Portfolios are Extremely Painful. Unless you are an Alien.
Imagine you are an alien. You land on planet earth in 1927 and are given a mission. You are told that you need to solve a [...]
Looking at Alternatives? Avoid Complexity and Magical Backtests
Quantifying Backtest Overfitting in Alternative Beta Strategies Antti Suhonen, Matthias Lennkh, and Fabrice Perez Journal of Portfolio Management, Winter 2017 A version of this paper [...]
Accruals Momentum as an Investment Strategy
Accruals are a part of any company's financial reporting. For those unfamiliar with accrual accounting, a simple explanation is that accruals are adjustments made for [...]
The Best Research Paper Ever Written on Trading Costs
Trading costs are a hot topic these days. The topic has sparked investor attention because of the rise of systematic factor investing strategies available via [...]
Macro Conditions May Enhance Short-term Predictability of the Shiller P/E
King of the Mountain: The Shiller P/E and Macroeconomic Conditions Robert D. Arnott, Denis B. Chaves, and Tzee-man Chow Journal of Portfolio Management A version [...]