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Value & Quality Factor Valuations

Value & Quality Factor ValuationsWhere is the Value? June 2017. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Value and Quality stocks are typically polar opposites from a valuation perspective The Value factor can be considered cheap across developed...

Value US Sectoral Analysis

Value US Sectoral AnalysisWhat’s Under the Hood? May 2017. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Using price-to-book (PB) or price-to-earnings (PE) results in similar Value factor performance Some sectors are perpetually expensive while...

Market Timing vs Risk Management

Market Timing vs Risk Management The Enemy Is Us May 2017. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Behavioural biases cause the average human to make sub-optimal investment decisions Market timing should not be attempted Simple and robust risk...

Size Factor

Size Factor Is Small Cap Exposure Worth It? May 2017. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Size as a factor shows little consistency in generating positive returns over time Investors do not seem to get compensated for the higher risks of holding...

Factors & Behavioural Biases

Factors & Behavioural Biases Humans Make Factors May 2017. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Investors are humans and not the homo economicus Investing is influenced by a wide variety of behavioural biases Factors can be explained by a...