By Jack M. Forehand (@practicalquant) — Factor investing requires a lot of patience. Despite the fact that research shows that many factors can produce outperformance over long periods of time,…
Day: November 15, 2017
Institutional Investors Model Good Habits for Individual Investors
The investment protocols followed by large, institutional investors, while seemingly cumbersome, can serve as a good example for individual investors of how to avoid making emotionally-based buy/sell decisions. This according…
Ritholtz on Why We're Bad at Forecasting
Forecasts are unproductive, writes Barry Ritholtz in a recent Bloomberg article, and we should not make investment decisions based on them. Ritholtz offers a list of reminders for readers of…
The Active Versus Passive Debate is Not Binary
By John Reese (@guruinvestor) — There is an undercurrent running throughout the investment community suggesting that active stock-picking is the root of many investor ills, and one that has robbed…
