This week we bring back our first repeat guest on the podcast. And we can’t think of a better person to have back than our good friend Tobias Carlisle. When…
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An In-Depth Look at Sector Investing with State Street’s Matt Bartolini
Investors tend to either invest in passive funds or operate at the other extreme and use active strategies that select individual stocks. But there is a case to be made…
The Facts About Factor Timing
Factor timing seems so sensible on the surface. The idea of adding exposure to out of favor factors appeals to investors’ desires to buy low and sell high. But the…
You Can't Handle The Truth About Dividend Investing
Investors love dividends. They like them for their potential to beat the market. They like them for the income they provide. Some even like them because of their perceived safety.…
The Underrated Role of Behavior in Investing with Joe Wiggins
Sometimes as investors we tend to focus their efforts on the wrong things. We will spend a lot of time building complicated strategies. We will focus on trying to beat…
An Inside Look at the Contrarian Investment Strategy of David Dreman
David Dreman is a well known contrarian investor and the author of Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation. Dreman’s Kemper-Dreman High Return Fund was one of the best-performing mutual funds…
The Hidden Benefits of Rebalancing - And Some Tactics to Optimize the Process
Investors will seek any type of edge they can find. Many run complicated models to try to generate an excess return. Others endure the pain that generating long-term excess returns…
The Biggest Lessons From Our First 100 Episodes
When we started our podcast in 2019, we were hoping we could create something that would be educational and informative for people who follow our content. But one of the…
Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, on Inflation, Bubbles and the Future of Value Investing
Although the word unprecedented tends to be overused, we are seeing many things in the market currently that many of us haven’t seen before. Fiscal stimulus has increased to levels…
Some Quantitative Alternatives to the 60-40 Portfolio
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…