Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Could Simple be the New Complex? [2] Value Investor Channels Buffett [3] Swedroe on Factors…
Value Investor Channels Buffett
A recent Barron’s article profiles value investor Fred Copper, lead manager of the Columbia Overseas Valuefund, who has learned that the best way to beat his benchmark (the MSCI EAFE…
Swedroe on Factors in Emerging Market Stocks
In a recent article for ETF.com, BAM Alliance director of research Larry Swedroe outlines findings of an August 2018 study on factor-based investing titled, “The Cross-Section of Equity Returns in…
Commodity Indexing May Be Futile
Index investing in the commodities market hasn’t done so well, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. The article cites data from Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at…
Are the FAANGs Really a Supergroup?
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet “can’t get away from each other,” says an article last month by Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar, who argues, “But look closely and…
Could Simple be the New Complex?
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Since I was twelve years old, I have been very active in competitive sailboat racing. It is a great respite from the world of managing quantitative…
Passive Investing Could Cause Market Trouble
“A fundamental shift in market structure towards rules-based, passive investing over the past decade means a lot of trading is no longer based on fundamentals” and the shift could lead…
Volatility Presents Hidden Risk to Hedge Fund Returns
According to recent research from Robeco Asset Management’s David Blitz: “hedge funds have hitched their wagon to stocks with large equity-price swings—a misguided strategy over the long haul.” These findings…
Investors Punishing Earnings Misses the Most Since 2016
An article in Bloomberg reports that investors are penalizing earnings misses more than surprises by the widest margin in almost 2 years. Data gathered by Bank of America Corp. showed…
Hulbert: Bitcoin Will Never Replace Gold
In an article for Barron’s, Mark Hulbert outlines the findings published in a paper by University of Chicago economics professor Eric Budish titled, “The Economic Limits of Bitcoin and the…