Factor Olympics 2023 Q1

Factor Olympics 2023 Q1  And the winner is… April 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY After a great 2022 for factor investing, this year has started negatively for all traditional factors Perhaps this can be attributed to a revival...

Investing & Unintended Consequences

Investing & Unintended Consequences Long gold stocks = long bonds, long banks = short bonds? March 2023 Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYSimple equity ETFs often have exposures to other asset classesGold stocks are bond proxies &...

Shorting Lousy Stocks = Lousy Returns?

Shorting Lousy Stocks = Lousy Returns? Even the worst stocks have their time in the limelight March 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Shorting stocks with poor features was unattractive throughout most of the last decade Combining...

ETF Crusades

The ETF Crusades Investing powered by higher powers February 2023 Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Rodolfo Martell This research note is a guest post from Rodolfo Martell, PhD, Head of Portfolio Strategy, of Pluribus Labs LLC, a San Francisco-based systematic active...