Buying stocks of high quality companies is something investors are almost universally attracted to. But the details of how to define quality, and the reasons why it works can be…
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What is Quality?
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — There has always been an interesting dichotomy with the quality factor. On one hand, individual investors typically consider it the most sensible factor and it is…
Quality Stocks at Cheapest Point in 20 Years
In a recent research note, BlackRock CIO Tony DeSpirito wrote that higher quality stocks are trading at their largest valuation discount to the broader market since the dot-com bubble of…
Going from Dividend Aristocrats to Dividend Kings Using Quality and Value
Something happened recently that has never happened before in the market. If you take the current rate of inflation and compare it to the S&P 500’s earnings and dividend yield,…
Finding Quality Value Stocks With Joseph Piotroski's F Score Methodology
Research shows that value stocks can generate an excess return because the market tends to overestimate their problems, and value investors benefit when it realizes that. But despite that being…