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The Future of Factor Investing
A recent article in Advisor Perspectives offers a number of insights regarding factor investing: Data mining, it argues, represents a “huge risk” in factor-based investing. “Many factors have proven to…
Some Thoughts on Howard Marks’ Most Recent Memo
…strategies, he may be missing one major point – factor-based investment strategies don’t work all the time. If you could invest in a factor like value and outperform the market…
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] Common Mistakes in Factor Investing [2] How Companies Fool Investors with Profits Fad…
Factor Performance in First Quarter
A recent article in Advisor Perspectives provides an overview of the performance of various factors in the first quarter of 2018. Noting several developments that led to increased market volatility…
Common Mistakes in Factor Investing
…career, that investors using factor-based strategies tend to make. 1 – Thinking the Past Always Repeats Itself At its core, factor investing is about odds. If you look at factors…
How Long is Long Term in Investing?
…investors the definition of “long-term” becomes too narrow and time focused. When thinking about long term investing, timeframe is not the only factor you consider. Positive Probabilities With Time One…
Stocks Aren't Reflecting Improving Earnings
…practice of repressing financial volatility at the first sign of market instability,” and this leads to an increased risk factor for stocks. “I strongly suggest,” El-Erian concludes, “that all three…
Will Passive Investing Become an "Expensive Mistake?"
…levels of volatility that we saw in 2017.” He notes cyclical factors, a tighter labor market and monetary forces as contributing elements. McKlennan comments on China’s potential as a destabilizing…
The Devil is Often in the Details in Investing
…Number of Stocks: 336 40 784 Primary Factors Used: Price/Book, Price/Earnings, Price Sales Enterprise Value/EBITDA Multi-Factor, Not Disclosed If you were an investor looking for exposure to value and…