We all have a tendency to believe that the way we invest is the best way. As quantitative investors, we can sometimes feel that there is no reason anyone should…
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Excess Returns, Ep. 29: Timeless Investing and Life Lessons with Jim O'Shaughnessy
In this week’s episode we are privileged to be joined by Jim O’Shaughnessy. Jim is a pioneer in quantitative investing and the founder of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management. He is also…
Excess Returns, Ep. 28: The Danger of Focusing on What Should Be and Missing What Is
We all have our beliefs about the way that things should work in investing. When the market gets overvalued, we think it should go down. When value stocks struggle for…
Excess Returns, Ep. 27: Quality and Low Volatility: The Factors That Shouldn't Work
Investing factors that work over time typically do so for one of two reasons: they either produce an excess return by taking on additional risk or they benefit from the…
Excess Returns, Ep. 26: Interview: Systematic Value Investing with Wes Gray
Wes Gray is the founder of Alpha Architect, the author of Quantitative Value and Quantitative Momentum, and an expert in systematic investing. In this interview, we discuss: The recent struggles…