In a world where inflation is not a threat, a standard 60-40 portfolio does an excellent job of providing growth, while also limiting downside when stocks get choppy. You don’t…
Tag: Excess Returns Podcast
A Deep Dive into Factor Investing and the Future Potential of China with Rayliant's Jason Hsu
We have had many experts in factor investing on the podcast. We have even had some who have published research in academic journals. But we haven’t had anyone who has…
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…
Robert Hagstrom on Warren Buffett’s Money Mind, Successful Investing & Finding Quality Companies
There have been so many books written about Warren Buffett that it can be hard to keep track of them. But before all of that could happen, someone had to…
Could ARK Pose a Systemic Risk to the Market? A Look at How ETFs Work Can Help Us Find Out
The growth of ARK investments has been one of the biggest stories of the past decade in the ETF space. its flagship fund, the ARK Innovation ETF has seen its…
Inside the First Hedge Fund to ETF Conversion and Finding Long-Term Compounders with Robert Cantwell
With the rapid growth in ETFs, it seems like almost every product idea possible has been tried. So it is rare to find something that is unique and hasn’t been…
What Valuation Can Tell You About the Market – And What it Can’t
There is no shortage of discussion in the media about the valuation of the market. And with the big market run we have had recently, valuations have once again become…
A Safety First Approach to Retirement Planning and the Problems with the 4% Rule with Dr. Wade Pfau
The 4% rule has become one of the cornerstones of retirement planning. And in many ways that makes sense because investors who have spent 4% of their portfolio annually have…
Some Options for Managing Risk After a Big Market Run
The stock market has had a huge run since last March. That fact, combined with unprecedented government stimulus, the potential for future inflation and other risk factors has many investors…
An In Depth Look at Asset Allocation with Jim Masturzo of Research Affiliates
We are currently in a very challenging time for building multi-asset portfolios. The 60-40 portfolios is coming off one of its best decades ever, but the expected future returns on…