By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — We have had a massive run in the US market since the 2020 bear market bottom. Although the wall of worry has been our constant companion…
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Inflation, Factors & Stock Returns with O’Shaughnessy Asset Management’s Ehren Stanhope
In this episode, we speak with O’Shaughnessy Asset Management’s Ehren Stanhope about his excellent research paper “The Great Inflation, Factors, and Stock Returns.” We discuss the history of inflation and…
The 5 Most Read Investing Posts On Validea's Guru Investor Blog In 2021
It has certainly been an interesting year for the stock market. If you want to illustrate the concept of climbing the wall of worry, you couldn’t pick a better year…
Andrew Thrasher Schools Two Value Guys on Technical Analysis and Forecasting Volatility Tsunamis
In this episode we take a deep dive into technical analysis with Andrew Thrasher, founder of Thrasher Analytics and portfolio manager at the Financial Enhancement Group. We look at the…
Factoring in Earnings Revisions
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — The market, by all intents and purposes, looks expensive based on most traditional valuation measures (the chart below courtesy of Liz Ann Sonders, Managing Director,…
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 Multi-Asset Investing with Westwood's Adrian Helfert
We are currently in a very interesting time for investors. We have experienced a run in equities following the 2020 decline that many did not think was possible. We have…
The Different Approaches to Multi-Factor Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — I have always been a big believer that factor investing is an effective way to produce returns that beat the market over time. But I also…
Sheridan Titman On His Seminal Paper on Momentum Investing and What He Has Learned Since
Momentum was a factor that many academics were very reluctant to embrace. Our guest this week, Sheridan Titman, helped to change that with his 1993 paper “Returns to Buying Winners…