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…
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Going from Dividend Aristocrats to Dividend Kings Using Quality and Value
Something happened recently that has never happened before in the market. If you take the current rate of inflation and compare it to the S&P 500’s earnings and dividend yield,…
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…
Quantitative Asset Allocation Approaches That Go Beyond Stocks and Bonds
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Inflation is coming! Or at least that is what everyone seems to think these days. We have had benign inflation in the US for a…
A Deep Dive into Factor Investing and the Future Potential of China with Rayliant's Jason Hsu
We have had many experts in factor investing on the podcast. We have even had some who have published research in academic journals. But we haven’t had anyone who has…
The Balance Between Edge and Conviction
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Developing an edge in the stock market has always been a significant challenge. The collective wisdom of the market is typically correct, and that leads…
Finding Quality Value Stocks With Joseph Piotroski's F Score Methodology
Research shows that value stocks can generate an excess return because the market tends to overestimate their problems, and value investors benefit when it realizes that. But despite that being…
Robert Hagstrom on Warren Buffett’s Money Mind, Successful Investing & Finding Quality Companies
There have been so many books written about Warren Buffett that it can be hard to keep track of them. But before all of that could happen, someone had to…
Could ARK Pose a Systemic Risk to the Market? A Look at How ETFs Work Can Help Us Find Out
The growth of ARK investments has been one of the biggest stories of the past decade in the ETF space. its flagship fund, the ARK Innovation ETF has seen its…
Inside the First Hedge Fund to ETF Conversion and Finding Long-Term Compounders with Robert Cantwell
With the rapid growth in ETFs, it seems like almost every product idea possible has been tried. So it is rare to find something that is unique and hasn’t been…