…factors that have proven themselves over time. The disadvantage is they deviate further from the index than the reweighting approach, which can lead to poor investor behavior when they inevitably…
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Wall Street Greed Exposed by Fractional Shares
…suboptimal ways when it comes to investing, and fractional shares are just another way for discount brokerages to facilitate this behavior.” The article concludes that attempts to democratize the stock…
Making Sense of the Disconnect Between the Stock Market and the Economy
…than what happens this year. Behavior Can Trump Fundamentals in the Short-Term When the stock market gets on a run, we all have a tendency to get caught up in…
The Pros and Cons of Direct Indexing
…off against (at least beyond the small annual minimum). For an investor who doesn’t generate taxable gains somewhere else, direct indexing makes less sense. Behavior Can Be a Big Benefit…
Shiller's Perspective on the Pandemic Stock Market
…a time when genuine news suggests that equity prices should be tanking, not hitting record highs, explanations based on crowd psychology, the virality of ideas, and the dynamics of narrative…
The Stock Market Is Not Trusted by Institutional Investors
…believe the broader public could be doing more to prevent the virus from spreading, with “64 percent indicating that changes in public behavior would accelerate the recovery from the pandemic.”…
World’s Worst Market Timer: A Story and A Lesson
…the big three of behavior biases that get investors in trouble and hurt long-term returns. Bear markets seemingly come out of nowhere and the combination of fear and the fact…
Excess Returns, Ep. 29: Timeless Investing and Life Lessons with Jim O'Shaughnessy
…and what it means for the future; The process of updating an investment strategy over time while still adhering to your core principles; The role that investor behavior should play…
Validea on YouTube: A Resource for Investors
The Validea Youtube channel offers investors a wide range of educational videos on topics such as market movements, investor psychology and current events, as well as instructional videos on how…
The Human vs. The Quant
…ability to defer or eliminate expenses. A human is better setup to tackle that problem than a quant model. Behavior Can Trump Everything As much as I am personally a…