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Growth: Factor Investing Sinning?

Growth: Factor Investing Sinning? Paying for Emotional Happiness? July 2019. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Growth stocks outperformed the US stock market since 1992 However, the higher returns are explained by higher betas The long-short...

PMI & Equity Factor Performance

PMI & Equity Factor Performance How Sensitive Are Equity Factors to Changes in the PMI? July 2019. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Value and Size have a positive relationship with the PMI, similar to the S&P 500 Indicates that risk...

ESG: What is Under the Hood?

ESG: What is Under the Hood? Residual Returns from ESG Investing July 2019. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY The ESG factor generated positive returns since 2011 Strong sector biases (long tech & short discretionary) explain the...

Indexing: Out with Tradition?

Indexing: Out with Tradition? Traditional vs Non-Traditional Indexing July 2019. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Equal and fundamentally weighted equity indices outperformed market cap weighted in the US since 1990 The higher returns are...

Factor Olympics 1H 2019

Factor Olympics 1H 2019 And the Winner is… July 2019. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Most factors generated positive returns in 1H 2019 Low Volatility produced the best and Value the worst performance Factor performance is comparable...