There is a new breed of “quants” that are looking to disrupt the industry using artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent article in Institutional Investor. One such fund is…
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There’s One Investing Edge Left – And Anyone Can Capitalize On It
By Jack M. Forehand — “In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” – Rob Arnott Wall Street has become an incredibly difficult place for anyone to get an edge.…
A Practical Approach to Quant Investing
By Jack M. Forehand — This is the first post in a new series we will feature on the Guru Investor that will take an in depth look at quantitative…
Finding Your Edge a Key to Investing Success
By John P. Reese The mathematician Ed Thorp figured out how to beat Las Vegas casinos at blackjack and baccarat and they didn’t like it. But the MIT and University…
Hedge Funds Weigh-In on Human Versus Machine Debate
“Humans won’t be obsolete in this lifetime,” according to a recent article in Bloomberg. The article discusses a variety of prevailing opinions about the degree to which automation and big…
Index Fund Pioneer Warming to Computer-Generated Trading
Princeton economics professor Burton Malkiel, who started the first passive index fund for Vanguard in 1976, has experienced a “remarkable change of heart,” according to a recent article in the…
Quant Strategies Dominating the Market
The growing popularity of quantitative over traditional investment strategies is causing the “largest gap on record between humans’ and computers’ gross exposure to U.S. equities,” according to a recent Bloomberg article…
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…
BlackRock to Expand Quant Investing
Actively managed funds at BlackRock, the world’s largest fund company, are facing the new reality of quantitative investing, according to this week’s New York Times. The exchange-traded-fund business the firm…
"Quantimental" Fund Management Raises Eyebrows
It seems that name-melding has extended beyond the ranks of celebrities (think Brangelina and TomKat) to the world of fund management. An article in this month’s Pensions & Investments explains…