Those of us that invest using factors have been taught that there needs to be a reason why they work. We have been taught that for their excess returns to…
Tag: Academic Investment Research
The Long and Short of Factor Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Most of us who build factor-based portfolios rely on academic research as the underpinning of our strategies. And that makes a lot of sense. If we…
A Deep Dive Into Earnings Quality with Columbia Professor Doron Nissim
Many investors take for granted that the earnings and other financial data that companies report provides an accurate representation of their business and its future. But the reality is that…
In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio with Stephen Foerster
Investors are constantly searching for the perfect portfolio. Although it may be elusive, there are common principles that can allow all of us to get closer to it. We speak…
Revisiting The Five-Factor Model
Nearly 30 years ago, Eugene Fama and Kenneth French introduced their three-factor model, augmenting the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) with small minus big (SMB) and high minus low (HML).…
A Harvard Professor Takes On Private Equity
A highly-regarded professor at Harvard Business school is claiming that he’s come up with a better alternative to private equity by recreating their returns through an array of publicly traded…
Generating Alpha From Hidden Earnings Data
A new research paper co-authored by professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School purports that even the most expert analysts overlook a number of off-the-income-statement…
Lu Zhang On The Evolution of Asset Pricing Models And His First Principles Approach to Improve Them
Asset pricing models have evolved significantly over the past several decades. From the Capital Asset Pricing Model to Fama and French’s 3 Factor Model to their more recent 5 and…
Sheridan Titman On His Seminal Paper on Momentum Investing and What He Has Learned Since
Momentum was a factor that many academics were very reluctant to embrace. Our guest this week, Sheridan Titman, helped to change that with his 1993 paper “Returns to Buying Winners…
Finding Quality Value Stocks With Joseph Piotroski's F Score Methodology
Research shows that value stocks can generate an excess return because the market tends to overestimate their problems, and value investors benefit when it realizes that. But despite that being…