By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Value traps are the bane of a value investor’s existence. We build our strategies around buying cheap companies and hoping the market will eventually see things…
Seek Out the Most Inefficient Pockets, Says Klarman
Do college graduates looking to get into public markets have the same opportunities now than they did in 1979? That question was posed by CNBC to well-known investor Seth Klarman,…
Arnott: Fed Will Destroy Economy To Save It
“The Fed’s goal is to destroy the economy in order to save it,” says Research Affiliates’ founder and chairman Rob Arnott in an interview with Fox Business News, using the…
Lessons from the Epsilon Connect Conference
In early June, Matt attended the Epsilon Connect conference. The conference brought together a diverse group of people with a common goal of understanding how narratives and media bias affect…
Using Peter Lynch's GARP Method To Find New Stock Ideas
Introducing “Validea’s Stock Screen of the Week,” a new series on the Validea YouTube Channel. Join us as we explore the strategies of renowned investors such as Warren Buffett, Peter…
Building a Six Factor Model Using Intangible Value with Kai Wu
In this episode, we speak with Sparkline Capital founder Kai Wu about his excellent recent paper “Intangible Value: A Sixth Factor”. We discuss his research on the importance of intangible…
Shareholder Yield Just As Important As Dividend Yield
Investors shouldn’t solely rely on dividend yield, and should also be paying attention to shareholder yield, contends an article in Barron’s. Shareholder yield includes things that increase a company’s value…
AQR Spots Major Opportunity in Emerging Markets
The U.S. dominance over equity markets is coming to an end, says Dan Villalon of AQR Capital Management, the $95 billion quant hedge fund founded by well-known quantitative investor Cliff…
AI Will Transform Consumer Staples Companies
While AI will undoubtedly transform the tech world, it will also have an impact across a variety of industries and have a lasting effect on the stock market itself, contends…
Value Could Outperform Growth Once Again
After 15 years of underperforming growth stocks, value stocks came roaring back in 2022 amid rising interest rates and a miserable tech rout. Then, they fell behind again this year…