By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) It would be an understatement to say that the last decade has been a challenging one for value investors. The problems were initially isolated to…
Tag: Practical Quant
The Five Podcasts That I Never Miss an Episode Of
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Early in my career, I thought I knew everything. I started investing during a period where the types of strategies we run, many of which…
Five Lessons from Our Most Downloaded Podcasts of 2020
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) When we started our podcast, Excess Returns, late last year, I was hoping we could create something that would be educational and informative for people…
The Assets We Can’t See
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) There has been a major change in our economy going on for a long time now. The days where the largest firms make physical things…
The Life Cycle of Investing Factors
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Factor investing has grown rapidly in recent years. Although it is difficult to quantify the exact dollar amount of money following factors, it is likely…
When Quantitative Becomes Discretionary
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) As anyone who reads my articles likely already knows, I am a big believer in quantitative investing. I think the ability of systematic models to…
The Importance of Separating Your Politics From Your Portfolio
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) I never write about politics. I certainly have political opinions, just like everyone else. I have a series of views about how I think the…
Is Passive Investing Distorting the Market?
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) I usually like to write articles where there is a clear conclusion at the end. I also usually like to write about topics that I…
The Role of Expectations in Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) I am not one to go out to fancy restaurants very often. Most of the time, I tend to prefer cooking at home to eating…
The Realities of Growth Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Growth stocks have been trouncing value stocks for a long time now. The chart below illustrates just how massive that outperformance has been. The Russell…