Market Wisdom from Howard Marks

In a recent podcast, author Tim Ferris interviews Howard Marks to discuss the Oaktree Capital co-founder’s views on investor psychology, his new book Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on…

The Pitfalls of Back Testing

By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) —   Active investment managers have a pretty dismal long-term record. Depending on which study you look at somewhere between 80% and 90% of managers underperform their benchmarks…

Common Mistakes in Factor Investing

By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) —   With the release of Michael Batnick’s new book “Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments” last week, the topic of mistakes in investing has…

Housel on the Irony of Luck

In a recent article for the Collaborative Fund, Morgan Housel contrasts luck and risk as they relate to investing, arguing “you cannot understand one without appreciating the other.” “This is…