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Perspective

An Annual Article About Nothing

May 5, 2015 - Cliff Asness

Cliff examines a popular front-page New York Times article covering the top hedge fund earners.

Perspective

Yes, Lever, but With Care

February 13, 2015 - Cliff Asness

Conventional wisdom holds that sensible investors avoid leverage. Cliff Asness argues that, if prudently employed, portfolio leverage can be beneficial in modest doses, with proper concern for its dangers.

Perspective

SNAFU: Situation Normal, All-FANGed Up

January 11, 2016 - Cliff Asness

Cliff tackles a story making the rounds about stock market performance in 2015. Was it, in fact, very “narrow” and driven by the “FANG” stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google)?

Journal Article

Leverage Aversion and Risk Parity

January 1, 2012 - Cliff Asness Andrea Frazzini Lasse H. Pedersen

In recent years, a new approach to asset allocation called risk parity (RP) has been gaining in popularity among practitioners.

Journal Article

OAS Models, Expected Returns and a Steep Yield Curve

January 1, 1993 - Cliff Asness

An upward-sloping yield curve indicates that either investors expect rates to rise or they require a higher expected return on longer-term securities.

Journal Article

My Top 10 Peeves

February 21, 2014 - Cliff Asness

Certain things said or done in our industry or said about our industry that have bugged me for years.

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International Diversification Works (Eventually)

May 1, 2011 - Cliff Asness Roni Israelov John M. Liew

Critics of international diversification observe that it does not protect investors against short-term market crashes because markets become more correlated during downturns.

Journal Article

Low-Risk Investing Without Industry Bets

August 21, 2014 - Cliff Asness Andrea Frazzini Lasse H. Pedersen

The strategy of buying safe low-beta stocks while shorting (or underweighting) riskier high-beta stocks has been shown to deliver significant risk-adjusted returns.

Journal Article

Momentum in Japan: The Exception That Proves the Rule

January 1, 2011 - Cliff Asness

Momentum strategies have been notable successes in most places researchers have looked.

Journal Article

Surprise! Higher Dividends = Higher Earnings Growth

January 2, 2003 - Robert D. Arnott Cliff Asness

Marketwide dividend-payout ratios in the U.S.