By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — The market has seen some major changes since the 2020 market bottom. It would have been very difficult to predict the massive rally we have seen…
Tag: Factors
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…
Validea’s Jack Forehand Interviewed on Resolve Riffs Podcast
Validea’s Jack Forehand joined the Resolve Riffs YouTube show and podcast on November 12th to discuss factor investing and our approach to building quantitative strategies. Topics covered in the discussion…
An In-Depth Look at Factor Valuation - And Which Factors Look Cheap Today
Valuing factors can be a confusing process. Not only are there are different factors to look at, there are also many ways to define them and a variety of different…
Some Thoughts on Low Volatility Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Like many investors, I like to follow strategies that make sense to me. If I am following a factor, I want to feel like the…
The Changing Nature of Momentum
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Investors sometimes want to pigeonhole investing factors. We want to look at a factor and associate a certain type of company with it. Doing so…
Academic Research Spotlight: Replicating Anomalies by Lu Zhang, Chen Xue and Kewei Hou (Ep. 73)
In this episode, we are trying something new. There is so much academic research out there about markets, and what drives their returns over time, that it can be very…
Some Practical Ways to Look at Blending Factors
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Those of us who run quant portfolios sometimes like to prove how smart we are. We like to throw out advanced statistical concepts that show how well…
Validea's Jack Forehand on Zona Value Club Talking The Quant Strategies Of Great Investors
Jack appeared on the Zona Value podcast. He discussed the history of Validea, some lessons from applying our strategies to the real world, and the recent underperformance of value investing.
Swedroe on the Battle of Factor Models
Although asset pricing models are flawed they can still be useful, according to a recent Advisor Perspectives article by Buckingham Strategic Wealth chief research officer Larry Swedroe. Citing various models…