We are currently in one of the most difficult economic environments many of us will see if our lifetimes. Even though the unemployment rate has fallen from its high of…
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The Dangers of the Obvious
By Jack Forehand, CFA Let’s pretend we could turn back time to January 1st of this year. What if I gave you the following series of facts and asked you…
Excess Returns, Ep. 41: Is Direct Indexing the Future of Investing?
Technology has allowed all of us to personalize many aspects of our lives. Rather than accept products tailored to a wide range of people, we are now able to customize…
A Systematic Earnings Revision Model To Help In Your Stock Picking Process
On Validea.com, we run 22 public facing models. Most of the models are a combination of fundamental factors, combining measures like profitability, valuation, cash flows, levels of debt, relative valuation,…
Excess Returns, Ep. 40: Six Lessons New Robinhood Traders Could Learn From Peter Lynch
Trading volumes at online brokers have skyrocketed since the Coronavirus crisis began. If there is one lesson these newly minted traders have learned so far, it is that the market…
The Different Shades of Active Management
Active management deserves all the criticism it gets. After all, over 80% of equity managers underperform their benchmarks over the long-term and active managers charge vastly higher fees compared to…
Excess Returns, Ep. 39: Interview: Bridging Academic Research and Real World Investing with Professor Partha Mohanram
In this episode we are joined by Professor Partha Mohanram. Professor Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at the Rotman School at the University of Toronto.…
Making Sense of the Disconnect Between the Stock Market and the Economy
We are currently in one of the most difficult economic environments many of us will see if our lifetimes. Even though the unemployment rate has fallen from its high of…
Excess Returns, Ep. 38: Four Reasons Value Investing Might Not be Dead Yet
Value investors have fallen on difficult times in the most recent decade. Value’s extended underperformance has led many to question whether the strategy still works or if it is broken…
The Pros and Cons of Direct Indexing
ETFs have been the fastest growing product in the asset management industry. Since 2003, their assets have increased by over 30 times and currently stand above $5 trillion. And that…