When ETF shares appear to be trading at a discount to the index of stocks they hold, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal by columnist Jason…
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Jason Zweig: Prepare Rather Than Worry About Increased Volatility
The low volatility currently seen in the market is causing concern for many portfolio managers, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Jason Zweig. Zweig says many investors…
Zweig Talks Color and Investor Behavior
New research shows that color can have a significant influence on investor behavior, writes Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article. According to Zweig, researchers have found that…
Zweig: The Challenge of a Smaller Stock Pool
For stock pickers, choosing among a smaller universe of stocks is much more difficult, writes Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Zweig cites data from the University of…
Small Companies on the Decline, says Zweig
The number of publicly-traded companies has declined by half over the past two decades, with most of the decrease attributed to the smallest companies, writes Jason Zweig in last week’s…
Zweig: Overseas Stock Investment Could Have Significant U.S. Exposure
A new study in the Financial Analysts Journal finds that investors can improve returns by buying international equities based on where they do most of their business rather than where…
Jason Zweig: Use Simple Tests Before Investing in a Quant Fund
In a recent article for the Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig offers some tips on how an investor can devise his own quant strategy. “Perhaps it is cheaper to learn…
“Superstocks” Like Amazon are Hard to Find
Scoring a winning stock such as Amazon is exceedingly hard to do, writes Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article. While it might not be useless to try,…
Jason Zweig Says Active Managers Also Underperform in Down Markets
Although the data continues to show that stock pickers have underperformed the market, writes Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “active managers insist that they will make…
Jason Zweig on Potential Quantitative Model Crisis
A Ph.D. in Economics and former senior risk manager for Bridgewater Associates, Richard Bookstaber argues that while human judgment along with quantitative modeling can lead to better results than either…