A white paper on smart-beta investing released this week by “veteran quant” Eric Shirbini of ERI Scientific Beta says that “second-order risks and exposures aren’t being sufficiently accounted for by…
Bill Nygren Talks Value Investing at Google
In January, Oakmark Funds’ Bill Nygren gave a talk at Google on various aspects of value investing, the path of his career, and how the tech industry has evolved over…
Stock Market Correction Lessons
Just because market corrections are normal, that doesn’t mean they’re painless. This according to a recent article in Bloomberg. The article points out that the present bull market has seen…
Ben Graham's Biggest Contribution May Not Be Value Investing
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — If you Google “Ben Graham”, you will see that his name is synonymous with the value investing philosophy, and rightfully so. His book, Security…
Most Read Posts on Validea’s Guru Investor
Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Lessons From a Quantitative Investing Conference [2] Ed Thorp Interview Highlights [3] The Eddie Lampert…
The Psychology of Loss Aversion
An article in Psychology Today discusses loss aversion, and how regulating emotion and taking a different perspective can reduce it—and “help people overcome potentially disadvantageous decision biases.” Loss aversion, the…
Study Shows Hedge Funds that Research More Earn More
A new study from Rice University found that hedge funds that conduct frequent research post better average returns compared to those who do not, according to a recent article in…
Analysts Bullish on Pricey Stocks
At a time when stock market volatility has “returned with a vengeance,” analyst optimism seems to be on the uptick. This according to a recent article in CNN Money. The article…
The Eddie Lampert Odyssey
A profile of hedge-fund legend Eddie Lampert in the April issue of Vanity Fair takes an in-depth look at the CEO of Sears Holdings, the evolution of his career and the…
AQR's Jeremy Getson is Best-Connected Man in Hedge Funds
A recent article in Institutional Investor profiles Jeremy Getson, AQR Capital Management’s head of North American sales, who “leads a rarefied class of the ultraconnected in a disparate industry, according…