Narratives are everywhere in the investing world. They influence what we think as investors. They also influence the decisions we make. Behind the scenes, there is a science to how…
Tag: Narratives
Stocks As Inflation Hedge Is The New Narrative
It appears that stock investors are not discouraged by the highest inflation in decades or the resulting increase in bond yields, according to an article in Bloomberg. As analysts struggle…
Robert Shiller on the Narratives Driving the Market
In a recent WealthTrack interview, Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller discussed the narratives that are driving the markets and offered advice to investors on the best way to stay in the…
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…
Shiller: What People Say Can Set Off Recession
While economic and monetary policy as well as “leading indicators” can provide insight regarding the state of the markets and the economy, “they have severe limitations as forecasting tools. This…
Robert Shiller Says a Data Revolution is Coming
Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller says we are facing a revolution rooted in a “huge acceleration in the amount of data available to researchers,” which he discusses in his new book…
Five Questions: The Importance of Narratives with Ben Hunt
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) One of the most important things any investor can do is to challenge their own beliefs. Confirmation bias leads all of us to seek out opinions…
Robert Shiller On What Investors Should Be Worrying About
At the Inside ETFs conference in Florida last month, Yale professor and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller talked about an impending recession, the threat of nuclear war and the importance of…
