A recent Financial Times article debates the long-standing assertion by GMO that emerging market shares are a good deal, citing the firm’s comment that “EM equities are as appealing as…
Day: December 4, 2019
Prepare for Long Period of Low Returns
A recent article in CFA Institute offers insight from AQR’s Antti Ilmanen on how investors can adapt to a low-interest rate environment. The article reports that at a recent conference…
Investing Lessons from Hedge Fund Star Jim Simons
An article in MarketWatch argues that, while it’s impossible for the typical individual investor to trade like quant legend Jim Simons, “there are lessons every investor can learn from Simons’s…
JPMorgan: Value Rotation Will Continue
Marko Kolanovic, JPMorgan’s global head of macro quant and derivatives strategy, says the “massive rotation into value stocks that rocked investors two months ago is going to extend to 2020,”…
Buffett's Bid for Tech Data Thwarted
Berkshire Hathaway’s $5 billion offer ($140 per-share) for technology distributor Tech Data Corp. was beat by private equity firm Apollo Global Management last month with an offer of $145 per…
If You Think You're Diversified, Think Again
Diverging performance doesn’t necessarily signal true diversity, says Nomura quant strategist Joseph Mezrich. This according to a recent article in Barron’s. While selecting stock groups based on different characteristics should…
Five Questions: The Man Who Solved the Market with Gregory Zuckerman
If I asked you to name the greatest investor of all time, you would likely immediately think of Warren Buffett. And there is good reason for that. Buffett has put…