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Here’s A Better Measure Of Value

Date05 Dec 2016

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Eugene Fama and Kenneth French’s seminal 1992 paper, “The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns,” resulted in the development of the Fama-French three-factor model. This model added the size and value factors to the market beta factor. One of the benefits of adding the value factor (the tendency for relatively cheap assets to outperform relatively expensive...

“Your Compete Guide to Factor-Based Investing” : A Q&A With Larry Swedroe

Date05 Dec 2016

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Larry Swedroe discusses his new book, “Your Complete Guide To Factor-Based Investing,” while taking on smart beta, the investment factor “zoo” and how to think differently about diversification in a recent interview with ETF.com’s Drew Voros. Find it on ETF.com By clicking on any of the links above, you acknowledge that they are solely for...

The Volatility of Active Management

Date05 Dec 2016

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S&P Dow Jones Indices has long provided a great service to investors with its semi-annual S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) scorecards. The evidence offered in these reports has shown time and again that, regardless of the asset class, the vast majority of active managers persistently fail to outperform their benchmarks, and that there is little to...

Diversification For The Long Term

Date05 Dec 2016

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The table below, taken from the newly released book I co-authored with Andrew Berkin, “Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing,” shows the annual premium and Sharpe ratio for the equity factors of market beta, size, value, momentum, profitability and quality. It also shows the odds that each premium will produce a negative return over various...

New Book Shines Light On Momentum

Date05 Dec 2016

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Momentum is the tendency for assets that have performed well (poorly) in the recent past to continue to perform well (poorly) in the future, at least for a short period of time. This is a big problem for the efficient markets hypothesis, as there’s no coherent risk-based explanation for momentum’s performance. Not only has there...

Bottom-Up Construction Works Best With Multiple Investment Factors

Date28 Nov 2016

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CAPM was the first formal asset pricing model. Market beta was its sole factor. With the 1992 publication of their paper, “The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns,” Eugene Fama and Kenneth French introduced a new-and-improved three-factor model, adding size and value to market beta as factors that not only provided premiums, but helped further explain...

Factor-Based Investing: A Q&A With Larry Swedroe

Date28 Nov 2016

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Larry Swedroe discusses his new book, “Your Complete Guide To Factor-Based Investing,” as well as the theory behind factor strategies and how investors can achieve their risk and return objectives through them, in a recent Q&A. Find it on MutualFunds.com By clicking on any of the links above, you acknowledge that they are solely for...

The Guide to Happy Giving

Date28 Nov 2016

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The giving season is underway, with the holidays and year-end bearing down on us. So how can we transform one of the more stressful, and sometimes guilt-ridden, elements of the season into something more life-giving? Whether you’re giving to a family member, a friend or a cause, please consider the following four directives as a...

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