Joel Greenblatt produced exceptional returns as managing partner at Gotham Capital, a New York City-based hedge fund he founded. The firm averaged a remarkable 40 percent annualized return over more…
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Weekly Guru Investor Highlights: Defining Risk, Momentum & Trend Following, Bill Miller & More
In our weekly summary of the best posts on the Guru Investor blog, Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau discuss the original content we produced and their favorite outside articles we…
An In Depth Look at Momentum Investing and Trend Following with Jack Vogel (Ep. 69)
There is perhaps no investment factor with more long-term data to support it than momentum. But despite that, its real world usage lags far behind other factors like value. Part…
What is Risk?
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) There might not be a term that is the subject of more debate in the investment industry than risk. If you asked ten different investors to define…
The Impact of Intangible Assets on Value Investing (Ep. 68)
Our economy is changing. Gone are the days where the biggest companies require substantial physical assets to operate and grow their businesses. Most of the companies that dominate our economy…
Interview: Replicating Private Equity in Public Markets with Verdad's Brian Chingono (Ep. 67)
There are many misconceptions about private equity. Most investors see it as a domain where high net worth investors and institutions earn returns that can’t be achieved via public markets.…
Where’s the Beef? Where’s the Value?
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — “Where’s the beef”, the popular quip from the 1984 Wendy’s commercial showed three women looking at a big, fluffy bun with expectations of an…
Examining the Arguments Against Value Investing
After a decade of struggle, the past six months have finally given value investors reasons for optimism. Although the recent outperformance pales in comparison to the underperformance over the course…
Guru Investor Blog Weekly Highlights: 01/22/2021
In our weekly summary of the best posts on the Guru Investor blog, Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau discuss Validea’s original commentary, including Jack’s article on momentum investing and our…
The Basics of Momentum Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) We often write about factor investing on our blog. We talk about factors like value, momentum, quality and low volatility and their practical use in the real…