By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — There may not be a more polarizing topic in investing right now than cryptocurrencies. On one side, believers in the technology think it will change…
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How a Winning Mutual Fund is Preparing for Stormy Days Ahead
…going to have some very attractive IRRs. We’d rather have our money out there and accept some volatility, rather than just keep it in cash.” Passive investing, says Romick, “is…
Swedroe: Investing Offers No Safety Flags
…trade war, these risks “are already incorporated into prices.” “Don’t make the mistake of confusing strategy with outcome,” Swedroe warns. In investing, he says, it’s extremely difficult to predict results….
Value Investing: Has it Gone Out of Style?
An article on the WisdomTree blog reports that the decade ending September 2018 was the “single worst decade in history” for price-book as a factor-sort of the market and asks,…
Rush Hour Traffic and Market Corrections
…difficult year for investors all around,” the article concludes, “it also reaffirmed certain conventional principles of good investing: Have an asset allocation policy that doesn’t keep you up at night,…
Bill Gross Had the Right Idea
…managers would be wise to follow his example.” Gross spent much of his career “perfecting the ‘total return’ approach to bond investing with the Pimco Total Return Fund he founded…
Takeaways from Berkshire's Annual Letter to Shareholders
Here are some highlights of Warren Buffett’s widely-anticipated annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: Format Change While for thirty years the billionaire investing legend has opened with a paragraph concerning…
Five Questions: Machine Learning in Investing with Kevin Zatloukal
…how machine learning will change the investing world, and which areas it will have the most impact in. Those of us inside the world of investing are prone to have…
Where Has All the Alpha Gone?
…sources of edge in investing. If I want to gain an edge in investing, there are three main ways I can do it: I Can Have Information Others Don’t This…
Is the Art of Stock Picking Making a Comeback?
…as a wonderful time to ramp up value exposure.” The article notes: “If the proponents of value investing are to be believed that their time is coming, excuses for poor…