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Implications Of Regime-Shifting Stock-Bond Correlation
The correlation between stocks and bonds should be a critical component of any asset allocation decision, as it impacts the overall risk of a diversified multi-asset class portfolio.
Dissecting The Investment Factor
Over the long term, low-investment firms have outperformed high-investment firms. This finding has led to the investment factor (CMA, or conservative minus aggressive) being incorporated into the leading asset pricing models.
Structured Notes Are Financial Fairy Tales
Wall Street’s product machine is continuously pumping out fairy tales. Their product innovations can also be called fanciful tales of legendary deeds. The only difference is that they are intended for adults.
The Performance Of Listed Private Equity
Due to the extreme volatility and skewness of returns, it is important to diversify the risks of private equity.
The Quality Factor And The Low-Beta Anomaly
Low-beta (quality) stocks are more likely to be underpriced and high-beta stocks (junk) are more likely to be overpriced.
Social Media And Inequality In Venture Capital Funding
Examining the role of social media in venture capital financing, its impact on disparities faced by underrepresented groups, and the mechanisms through which social media usage can facilitate venture capital funding.
Gold As A Safe-Haven Asset
In times of extreme macroeconomic events, including war, hyperinflation, or significant economic recessions, many investors believe gold investing is a safe haven. Is that belief warranted?
Pursuing Factor Premiums At The Industry And Country Level
Given empirical evidence demonstrating the persistence, pervasiveness, robustness, and implementability of premiums for size, value, momentum, and profitability, investors may seek exposure to these factors across industries and countries.
The Drivers Of Booms And Busts In The Value Premium
Over the almost 100 years that we have had data for U.S. stocks, the value premium has averaged 4.4% per year (when using book-to-market [HML: high minus low] as the valuation metric).
Index Investing And The Informational Efficiency Of Stock Prices
Empirical evidence that tests a diverse set of predictions on price efficiency in index investing by different academics. Index investing changes the composition of the investor base. Passive investing does not undermine price efficiency
Compression: Can The Value Spread Expand Forever?
We believe owning deep-value stocks is potentially interesting at the valuation peaks, however, the spread can get more extreme.
Inside The Minds Of Expected Stock Returns
While behavioral explanations can, in theory, be arbitraged away, there are significant limits to arbitrage that prevent sophisticated investors from correcting overpricing.
Measuring Geopolitical Risk
There are a number of contributions this article makes to any one of market participants (investors, portfolio managers, regulators, risk managers, traders).
The “Resurrected” Size Effect And Monetary Policy
After the 1992 publication of Eugene Fama and Kenneth French’s paper “The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns,” the size effect was incorporated into what became finance’s new workhorse asset-pricing model, the Fama-French three-factor model.
Gender Pay Gap Transparency
In this article, we examine what the research says about gender pay gap transparency. We look at the research questions and academic insights with an eye toward why it matters.
Should Levered And Inverse ETPs Even Exist?
Exploring Levered and Inverse ETPs (exchange-traded products), their purpose, the circumstances in which they tend to succeed and fail, and the research questions associated with them.
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