By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Ok, I’ll admit that the title of this article is a little aggressive. That is especially true when you consider the fact that I don’t think…
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An Inside Look at the Contrarian Investment Strategy of David Dreman
David Dreman is a well known contrarian investor and the author of Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation. Dreman’s Kemper-Dreman High Return Fund was one of the best-performing mutual funds…
What Makes Buffett Great. Identifying Bubbles. Importance of Intrinsic Value & More - Lessons From 100 Investing Podcasts
We have reached our 100th episode of Excess Returns. We have been privileged to speak to some of the smartest investors we know over the course of the 18 months…
The Hidden Benefits of Rebalancing - And Some Tactics to Optimize the Process
Investors will seek any type of edge they can find. Many run complicated models to try to generate an excess return. Others endure the pain that generating long-term excess returns…
The Biggest Lessons From Our First 100 Episodes
When we started our podcast in 2019, we were hoping we could create something that would be educational and informative for people who follow our content. But one of the…
The Most Ignored Investing Premium
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Harvesting premiums in investing is a very challenging task for two main reasons. First, to capitalize on a premium, it has to exist. And we never…
Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, on Inflation, Bubbles and the Future of Value Investing
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…
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…