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Five Questions: A Balanced Look at the Future of ETFs with Nate Geraci
The ETF landscape has been undergoing significant change in recent years. Although the lowest fee products and the largest providers continue to dominate, several new trends have the potential to…
Lessons From Our Most Read Five Questions Interviews
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) We have just passed the one-year mark of our Five Questions interview series. When we first launched the series, I wasn’t sure how it would go.…
Five Questions: The Man Who Solved the Market with Gregory Zuckerman
If I asked you to name the greatest investor of all time, you would likely immediately think of Warren Buffett. And there is good reason for that. Buffett has put…
Five Questions: Tackling Some of the Toughest Questions in Investing with Michael Mauboussin
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) There are many skills that can benefit you as an investor. Being smart is certainly an asset, although it can also get you in trouble…
Five Questions: Factor Timing with Nicolas Rabener
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Factor timing is a pretty controversial topic in the quantitative investing world. On one hand, we are all taught that we should buy low and…
Five Questions: Hidden Risks in Investing with Corey Hoffstein
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Investing in the stock market is a risky activity. The obvious risks like losing a large portion of your portfolio during a bear market, or…
Five Questions: Lessons From Finance History with Jamie Catherwood
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Recency bias can be a major issue for many investors. When we analyze the probability of any event in the market occurring, we tend to…
Five Questions: Questioning Conventional Wisdom With Lawrence Hamtil
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Anyone who reads my articles regularly knows that I am a big user of Twitter. Some of the best investors in the world regularly post…
Five More Questions: Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle
This is Part II of my interview with Tobias Carlisle of the Acquirer’s funds, which just released its first ETF, the Acquirer’s ETF (ZIG) earlier this year. In Part I,…