By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — A few months ago, I wrote an article where I looked at the current valuation of the market, and some areas that looked relatively attractive on…
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An In-Depth Look at Sector Investing with State Street’s Matt Bartolini
Investors tend to either invest in passive funds or operate at the other extreme and use active strategies that select individual stocks. But there is a case to be made…
Amplifying Momentum’s Alpha Potential
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Momentum investing can sometimes be looked at as a more speculative type of investing since it involves buying stocks that have gone up the most,…
The Facts About Factor Timing
Factor timing seems so sensible on the surface. The idea of adding exposure to out of favor factors appeals to investors’ desires to buy low and sell high. But the…
When Conviction Fails You
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP (@praticalquant) — I wrote an article last week that challenged some commonly held beliefs about dividend investing. When you take on dividends, you can expect…
You Can't Handle The Truth About Dividend Investing
Investors love dividends. They like them for their potential to beat the market. They like them for the income they provide. Some even like them because of their perceived safety.…
The Underrated Role of Behavior in Investing with Joe Wiggins
Sometimes as investors we tend to focus their efforts on the wrong things. We will spend a lot of time building complicated strategies. We will focus on trying to beat…
Put Down the Dividends – And Slowly Walk Away
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…
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…