…to have a perverse effect,” as consultant Denis Bastin put it. Amin Rajan of Create Research points to momentum and concentration as potentially problematic index fund impacts: “passive means cheap,…
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Underperformance Among Active Managers in First-Quarter Volatility
…the market, moved up to its highest level since 2012 with the average stock gaining or losing 12% above or below the market average. Momentum strategies explain part of manager’s…
Market Shifting From Momentum to Value
…and a negative for momentum stocks.” Thus, JPMorgan urges “avoid[ing] exposure to pure momentum stocks” and “rotating into more reasonable valuation (i.e., momentum at reasonable price).” It also observes that…
Buffett on Bubbles: A “This Can’t Go Wrong” Mentality Gets Investors in Trouble
…have to take it over, it’s going to be worth more next year.” Buffett suggested that “once that gathers momentum and it gets reinforced by price action and the original…
Barron’s: A Rebound in Value Investing
…financial reporter Andrew Bary, “as growth stocks have grown too rich for investors’ liking, and value stocks too cheap to ignore.” Dubravko Lakos-Bujas of JP Morgan says “momentum stocks trade…
Adding an Acceleration Factor to Momentum Investing
…investing by looking at momentum acceleration.” Klement expresses some skepticism regarding momentum investing – “why should prices go up just because they have gone up in the past?” – and…
Top Economist Ed Hyman Says Recession is a Long Way Off
…either restarts quantitative easing or economic momentum increases as interest rates rise.” Hyman characterized the U.S. economy as “the sparkplug that will keep the world economy growing.” However, he warned…
Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates Says a “Smart-Beta Crash” is “Reasonably Likely”
…smart beta funds, says that a “smart-beta crash” is “reasonably likely.” Smart beta funds have focused on stocks with characteristics such as low volatility or high momentum, spurred on by…
AQR's Asness on Fama, Momentum Investing and More
…momentum and, as he notes, wrote a dissertation on it under the supervision of Fama. Asness notes that “the long-term success of the momentum factor seems to be a challenge…
Morningstar Study: Long-term Outperformance Not Predictive of Future Outperformance
…price momentum of the underlying stocks had a statistically significant effect on performance over one-year periods across equal fund categories” and that, over the longer periods, “a preference for more…