A new study has found that most of the market anomalies academics have identified are not statistically significant, says a recent Wall Street Journal article. After analyzing 447 anomalies (the…
Tag: Cliff Asness
Asness versus Arnott: The Factor Timing Debate Continues
AQR Management founder Cliff Asness continues to argue that factor timing is “deceptively difficult,” contrary to what Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates would have you believe, says a recent article…
Asness and Arnott Talk Market Timing, Smart Beta and Behavioral Biases
Maybe not always. At least that was the upshot of a debate between Cliff Asness of AQR and Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates, panelists at the recent Morningstar conference in…
The Payoff and Perils of Momentum-based Stocks
Many investors follow momentum-based methods or approaches when investing in equities, but does momentum investing actually work and what are the results? This is the basis for a recent AAII…
Asness vs. Arnott on Smart Beta, Factor Timing, and Performance Chasing
Cliff Asness, co-founder of AQR Capital Management, added fuel to the debate over “smart beta” investing with a recent paper attacking arguments made by Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates. Arnott,…
AQR's Asness on Fama, Momentum Investing and More
Clifford Asness, Managing and Founding Principle of AQR, writes in his “Cliff’s Perspective” blog about Nobel Laureate and Professor Eugene Fama’s views on momentum investing. Asness is a believer in…
AQR Tests Market Timing Techniques, Helping to Boost Long Term Returns
A recent article by Cliff Asness and colleagues from AQR Capital Management challenges the academic finance recommendation to avoid attempts to time the market. “Sinning a little,” Asness and…
The Small-Cap Effect Lives -- With A Twist
Small stocks have lagged their larger peers over the past decade. But does that mean the “small-firm effect” is dead? Not exactly, says Mark Hulbert in a recent Barron’s column. (more…)
Arnott On Why It Wasn't A Lost Decade
The “Lost Decade”: It’s a moniker that many stock market commentators have applied to the 2000s, a decade in which we saw two major bear markets and the S&P 500…