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The Pros and Cons of Quantitative and Discretionary Investing
Season 1 Episode 30
We all have a tendency to believe that the way we invest is the best way. As quantitative investors, we can sometimes feel that there is no reason anyone should ever use a discretionary strategy. But…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Interview: Timeless Investing and Life Lessons with Jim O’Shaughnessy
Season 1 Episode 29
In this week's episode we are privileged to be joined by Jim O'Shaughnessy. Jim is a pioneer in quantitative investing and the founder of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management. He is also the author of the …
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
The Danger of Focusing on What Should Be and Missing What Is
Season 1 Episode 28
We all have our beliefs about the way that things should work in investing. When the market gets overvalued, we think it should go down. When value stocks struggle for a long period of time, we think…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Quality and Low Volatility: The Factors That Shouldn't Work
Season 1 Episode 27
Investing factors that work over time typically do so for one of two reasons: they either produce an excess return by taking on additional risk or they benefit from the tendency of investors to syste…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Interview: Systematic Value Investing with Wes Gray
Season 1 Episode 26
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 of v…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
An In Depth Look at Momentum Investing
Season 1 Episode 25
Momentum investing is difficult to understand for many investors. While a concept like value that involves trying to buy stocks at a discount to what they are worth resonates with many, the idea of b…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
The Pros and Cons of Factor Timing
Season 1 Episode 24
We are all trained to buy low and sell high, and it is tempting to conclude that we can do the same thing with factors. But the research suggests that factor timing strategies are extremely difficult…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
The Challenges of Multi-Factor Investing
Season 1 Episode 23
The basic theory of multi-factor investing is pretty simple. It has been widely proven that factors like value and momentum can outperform the market over long periods of time. But no reward comes wi…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
The Impact of COVID-19 on Value Investing
Season 1 Episode 22
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. One of the major challenges of…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
Psychology and COVID-19 with Dr. Daniel Crosby
Season 1 Episode 21
In this week's episode we shift gears a little from our usual investing focus. We wanted to spend some time talking about the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on all of us as people. To do that…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago