Lessons From the Rise and Fall of ARK
Lessons From the Rise and Fall of ARK

By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Fundamental value investors like me tend to get jealous when a new growth investor comes on the scene and generates huge returns. We go through various…

Lies, Damn Lies and Market Valuation
Lies, Damn Lies and Market Valuation

By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the market’s valuation. And much of that talk has been centered around how expensive it…

The Risk Reduction Conundrum
The Risk Reduction Conundrum

By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — A member of my family called me the other day with a question I hear often from both people I know and from people we manage…

Our Five Most Popular Podcasts of 2021
Our Five Most Popular Podcasts of 2021

By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — Our goal when we started the Excess Returns podcast was to hopefully use the platform to help educate investors, and to learn ourselves in the process.…

My Biggest Lessons From 2021
My Biggest Lessons From 2021

The experiences all of us have at the beginning of our investing careers do a lot to shape what we believe and how we act going forward. For investors who…