The flow of funds into the quant investment strategies continues but, like most new ideas, this one doesn’t come without caveats, writes Validea CEO John Reese in a recent Forbes…
Tag: Quantitative Strategies
Stock-Pickers Beware: Bots Are Here
BlackRock’s March announcement that the firm had reduced its staff of stock pickers to increase its focus on quant strategies may support the consensus that “active management is dying,” but…
Twitter and the Fed
Research shows that trading strategies built around tweets in the days preceding Fed meetings have been profitable, writes Steve Russolillo in this week’s The Wall Street Journal. As the use…
Quant Strategies Continue to Evolve
While the financial crisis of 2007 spurred a lot of questions regarding the role that quantitative investment strategies played in the market’s drop, these strategies continue to evolve, writes Validea…
Big Data Doesn’t Automatically Mean Big Investment Returns
The quant craze in investing doesn’t come without its own set of challenges, says a recent Bloomberg article. As hedge funds delve headlong into the data world to hoist up…
Quant Strategy Pros and Cons
Anthony Ledford, chief scientist at U.K.-based investment management firm Man AHL, has mixed feelings regarding the hype around quantitative models and their potential impact on the hedge fund industry. In…
Stock Picks Based on Quant Strategies
As hedge funds continue to lose clients due to lackluster returns, purely numbers-based investment strategies are gaining popularity. Validea CEO John Reese speaks to the trend in a Nasdaq article…
Hedge Funds Hungry for Quants
If you’re looking to land a job at a hedge fund, polish up your algorithm building and data mining skills to get to the front of the line. This according…
Investors Looking to Quants for Fund Management Muscle
As hedge fund managers continue to grapple with losing dissatisfied clients, those funds more highly-focused on a computer-driven approach (so-called “quantitative” hedge funds) are standing out, the Financial Times reports. According…
Build a Real Portfolio Using Stock Screens
The advent of stock screening software has made it possible for investors to search using any number of metrics, but that’s only part of building a successful investment portfolio. This…