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...

Don’t Get Carried Away by Carry

Don’t Get Carried Away by Carry  Observing unusual but insightful cross-asset relationships October 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Carry across asset classes has not performed strongly over the most recent decade Currency carry...

Factor Olympics Q3 2020

Factor Olympics Q3 2020 And the winner is… October 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Momentum & Quality are leading the performance scoreboard in Q1-3 2020 Value & Size generated negative returns, like in recent years, and...