Clifford Asness, Managing and Founding Principle of AQR, writes in his “Cliff’s Perspective” blog about Nobel Laureate and Professor Eugene Fama’s views on momentum investing. Asness is a believer in…
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Morningstar Study: Long-term Outperformance Not Predictive of Future Outperformance
The AAII Journal reports on a recent Moringstar study that found no link between long-term performance and future performance. The study (which is available here), as AAII Journal reports, “looked…
Hulbert: Market Likely to Rise Significantly Following Recent Drop
Mark Hulbert writes in MarketWatch that “the U.S. stock market over the next six months is more likely to be notably higher than it is to drop further.” He bases…
Joseph Stiglitz Critiques Post-2008 Financial Policy and Suggests Reform
Drawing on the United Nations’ report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, former World Bank chief economist and senior vice-president Joseph E. Stiglitz, now a professor at Columbia University, writes…
Is the Value Premium Disappearing?
Nir Kaissar, founder of Unison Advisors and columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly, asks the question — does the “value premium” still exist today given the bout of value stock underperformance vs.…
How Taking a Break from Checking Your Portfolio Can Help with Returns
With smartphones and tablets and 24-hour financial news channels making stock market data instantaneously available, many investors spend a lot of time monitoring their portfolios’ every movement – too much…
Mid Cap Manager's Rules-Based Method Produces Strong Results
Barron’s reports on mid-cap fund managers Neil Hennessy and Brian Peery, who manage Hennessy Cornerstone Mid-Cap 30. Peery says, “A lot of financial advisors don’t allocate in the mid-cap space,…
Hulbert Says Rise in the Dow Transportation Average May Be Bullish Omen
Mark Hulbert writes for MarketWatch that the Dow Transportation Average is “one of the most bullish sub-surface developments in the stock market” right now, having risen 4.4% in February as…
An Argument for a 100% Equity Portfolio
David Levine, formally in charge of fixed income for Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, writes in the New York Times that “the best asset allocation, nearly all the time, is…
The Risk of Investing in "Smart Beta" Funds
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig cautions readers against blindly investing in popular “smart beta” funds. He notes that a recent Research Affiliates study suggests “their low risk…