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…
Tag: Factors
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…
The Life Cycle of Investing Factors
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Factor investing has grown rapidly in recent years. Although it is difficult to quantify the exact dollar amount of money following factors, it is likely…
The Birth, Growth & Death of Investing Factors w/ ReSolve Asset Management's Adam Butler
Many investors have come to accept the fact that the major factors like value and momentum will produce excess returns over the long-term. But what if the fact that these…