by Nicolas Rabener | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Combining Smart Beta Funds May Not Be Smart What happens if you add positive and negative exposures to the same factors? August 2024. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Smart beta funds offer diverse factor exposures When combined in a...
by Nicolas Rabener | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
U.S. versus International Quality Stocks Why should investors get compensated for holding high-quality stocks? August 2024. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY U.S. quality stocks have not outperformed or provided less risk than the market...
by Nicolas Rabener | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Factor Olympics 1H 2024 And the winner is… July 2024. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY The losers of last year, ie momentum and low volatility, became the winners of this year Momentum performed the best, size the worst Long-short...
by Nicolas Rabener | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Factor Investing Is Dead, Long Live Factor Investing! Portfolio construction and implementation matters April 2024. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Market-neutral multi-factor products have reached all-time highs However, long-only...
by Nicolas Rabener | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Quality versus Low Volatility ETFs As different as night and day April 2024. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Quality and low volatility stocks provide substantially different exposures Neither has outperformed the stock market, but both were...