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…
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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…
Excess Returns, Ep. 37: A Conversation about Buffett, Berkshire & High-Quality Shareholders w/ Professor Lawrence Cunningham
In this episode, we are joined by Lawrence Cunningham. He is a professor at George Washington University and one of the world’s leading experts on Warren Buffett. He is also…
Gaining A Long-Term Edge With The Wisdom of Peter Lynch
In last week’s piece, link here, I discussed what Peter Lynch might say to the millions of investors who have been investing in individual stocks over the last few months.…
Excess Returns, Ep. 36: Have the Fed, Narratives and Passive Flows Broken Fundamental Investing?
Valuing a company (or the market in general) typically involves looking at its price and judging that price relative to its current and projected future fundamentals. But some have argued…
What Peter Lynch, the Granddaddy of Stock Picking, Might Say To 3 Million New Robinhood Investors
Over 3 million new accounts were opened at Robinhood in the first quarter of this year – a resurgence in individual stock picking in the heart of the COVID-19 shutdown…