By Jack Forehand, CFA The Price/Book has probably been the most important valuation ratio of the past century. If you look at the academic research that supports value investing, you won’t…
Tag: Value Investing
Value Alive or Dead? Debate Rages Among Quants
Following value’s worst quarter of performance in a century, leading quants are “butting heads” in a hot debate over whether the strategy can survive. This according to a recent article…
"Aswath Damodaran Says “Go Back to Basics” Regarding Valuations
In a speech he delivered at this year’s CFA Institute Annual Virtual Conference, NYU finance professor Aswath Damodaran said, “It is precisely times like these that matter most. You need…
Excess Returns, Ep. 26: Interview: Systematic Value Investing with Wes Gray
Wes Gray is the founder of Alpha Architect, the author of Quantitative Value and Quantitative Momentum, and an expert in systematic investing. In this interview, we discuss: The recent struggles…
Excess Returns, Ep. 22: A Look at the Impact of COVID-19 on Value Investing
The process of using past fundamentals to try to predict future prices has been in place for a very long time, and there is substantial academic evidence to support it.…
A Look at the Impact of COVID-19 on Value Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA On the surface, value investing is pretty simple. As a value investor, I want to buy stocks at a discount. I want to look at a…
Excess Returns, Ep. 18: Interview: Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle
In this week’s Excess Returns, we are trying something new. In addition to our regular episodes, we have decided to periodically talk to some of the people we respect most…
How Value Investor Joel Greenblatt is Weathering Underperformance
Gotham Asset Management’s Joel Greenblatt sees better opportunities for value investing on the horizon, based on a recent study by his firm. This according to an article in Institutional Investor.…
Chuck Royce: Small Stocks Poised for Rebound
In a recent interview with Barron’s, veteran stock picker Chuck Royce said that active management and value investing will survive, and small-caps are headed for a rebound. Here are highlights…
Excess Returns: Episode 9: The Benefits of a Value Composite
Picking the right value metric can be one of the biggest challenges of quantitative value investing. Although the Price/Book is the most widely used value metric, its struggles in recent…