Factor Investing: The Truth Has Many Shades

Factor Investing: The Truth Has Many Shades Scientific investing unfortunately isn’t that scientific. April 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY The data from Professor French has laid the foundation for factor investing However, over...

Factor Olympics Q1 2021

Factor Olympics Q1 2021  And the winner is… April 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYQ1 2021 featured a major factor rotationValue & Size, the losers of previous years, are leading the scoreboardIn contrast, Momentum, Quality,...

Good versus Bad Value Stocks

Good versus Bad Value Stocks Trying to avoid value traps March 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Value stocks can be easily filtered by applying quality metrics in order to sort out value traps Value & High Quality generated higher...

Oh, Quality, Where Art Thou?

Oh, Quality, Where Art Thou? Highlighting the reduced upside but full downside capture of quality ETFs January 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Quality and quality income ETFs have underperformed the S&P 500 since 2005 The most...

Factor Olympics 2020

Factor Olympics 2020 And the winner is… January 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Momentum has been the clear winner across markets in 2020 Value has been the laggard like in recent years Low Volatility ended a 10-year fantastic...