Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Why Artificial Intelligence Won’t Fundamentally Change Investing [2] Become an Equity Compounder à la…
Research Affiliates on the Dangers of Using Past Returns to Predict the Future
In the first of an eight-part series, Research Affiliates addresses market returns and the dangers financial planners face with respect to setting expectations for clients. Specifically, the article highlights the…
Advertising Accountability Comes To Blockchain
One can either mine bitcoins or buy them from someone by paying cash
Advertising Accountability Comes To Blockchain
One can either mine bitcoins or buy them from someone by paying cash
Morningstar: Can Active Stock Funds Insulate Investors from Market Downturns?
A recent Morningstar article outlines the firm’s performance analysis of active U.S. equity funds in both “down” and “up” markets over the twenty years ending January 2018 to determine whether…
Morningstar Incorporates Artificial Intelligence into New Ratings
Earlier this month, Morningstar introduced new quantitative ratings that will cover more than 10,000 funds and ETFs. The system will use both machine learning and artificial intelligence to “learn from…
Study Shows CEOs Cut Investment Right Before Equity Vests
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review addresses the question of whether today’s businesses suffer from “short-termism”—more specifically, if CEOs are cutting investment to pump up their company’s short-term…
Harvard Lost Billion Dollar Bet on Tomatoes and Sugar
A recent Bloomberg article offers an overview of the performance of Harvard University’s endowment fund, highlighting the failed efforts by the school’s highly paid money managers to “manage risks other…
Why Artificial Intelligence Won’t Fundamentally Change Investing
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Artificial Intelligence is going to change the world. It already has in many ways. But its best days are still ahead of it. So many industries,…
Annie Duke on Investing, Gambling and Decision-Making
In a recent podcast interview with Bloomberg, legendary poker player Annie Duke—who retired from poker in 2012—explains how “getting used to dealing with noisy data” can serve you well in…