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Podcast
Face the Factors
August 8, 2018
Factors are the building blocks of investment returns. We explain what they are, how they work, and how you can use them in your portfolio.
Trade Publication
Alpha Transfer in a Hedge Fund World
January 1, 2002
In theory, portable alpha is a good idea.
Trade Publication
Measuring Portfolio Factor Exposures: A Practical Guide
March 2, 2016
Regression analysis can help investors better understand the risk factors present in their portfolios, which has multiple benefits.
Trade Publication
How Can a Strategy Still Work If Everyone Knows About It?
October 15, 2015
Some people assert that once a strategy is “discovered” it can’t work anymore. Others, often implicitly, assume the future will look as wonderful as the past.
Journal Article
Understanding Style Premia
December 8, 2014
Four investment “styles" have emerged as compelling sources of alternative returns, backed by economic theory and decades of data across geographies and asset groups.
Journal Article
Factor Momentum Everywhere
January 29, 2019
Can individual factors be reliably timed based on their recent performance? This study of 65 widely-studied, characteristic-based equity factors aims to find out.
Perspective
A Fanatic is One Who Can't Change his Mind and Won't Change the Subject¹
July 16, 2017
Ciff Asness critiques Rob Arnott’s strong viewpoints that rising valuations are responsible for the past performance of many factors and that their current valuation levels point to their impending doom.
Journal Article
Superstar Investors
December 6, 2016
Many famous investors are outspoken about their investment philosophies and use them selectively. We seek to apply their wisdom systematically to determine whether their philosophies, if applied broadly, might still generate “alpha.”
Alternative Thinking
Style Premia / Bond Returns
3Q 2013
We review how style premia have historically generated attractive long-run returns in virtually every place we have studied them, and may help reduce risk through better diversification. We then look at fixed income returns in different environments
Trade Publication
Smart Beta: Not New, Not Beta, Still Awesome
September 10, 2014
Though some confusion continues regarding the subject, the term “smart beta” (including “Fundamental Indexing”) is just a new way to describe some well-known and well-tested investment ideas.