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Alternative Thinking

The Illusion of Active Fixed Income Diversification

December 7, 2017 - AQR Capital Management

We examine popular active fixed income categories and find that a persistent overweight to high yield credit explains the majority of fixed-income managers’ active returns. We then discuss some key implications for asset owners.

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The Role of Alternative Beta Premia

3Q 2012 - AQR Capital Management

Alternative beta premia—dynamic long-short strategies—offer effective diversified sources of return. To us, the most useful classifications are hedge fund strategy premia and style premia, two complementary approaches

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2016 Capital Market Assumptions for Major Asset Classes

1Q 2016 - AQR Capital Management

We update our multi-year expected return assumptions for major stock and bond markets, and investigate expected returns for credits and commodities.

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2015 Capital Market Assumptions for Major Asset Classes

1Q 2015 - AQR Capital Management

We update our expected returns and review our framework for constructing estimates of long-term expected returns for major asset classes, among other things.

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Systematic vs. Discretionary

3Q 2017 - AQR Capital Management

Systematic and fundamental investing approaches are not opposites. Both pursue the same objective and can be fundamentally-oriented. They can use similar inputs, but in different ways, to try to improve investment performance. Neither is necessarily better than the other.

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Bad Habits and Good Practices

3Q 2014 - AQR Capital Management

Good investing requires good investments and good investors. We discuss the latter and address bad habits that can affect long-term performance.

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2014 Capital Market Assumptions for Major Asset Classes

1Q 2014 - AQR Capital Management

We present our capital market assumptions for major asset classes and explore justifiable frameworks for estimating multi-year expected returns.

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Challenges of Incorporating Tactical Views

4Q 2014 - AQR Capital Management

Tactical timing is inherently more difficult than it seems. We explore which types of tactical views may be worth taking.

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Estimating Long Term Expected Returns

2Q 2013 - AQR Capital Management

Diversification is underutilized in most institutional portfolios but may improve risk-adjusted returns, active returns and total returns more reliably than concentrated positions.

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Good Strategies for Tough Times

3Q 2015 - AQR Capital Management

Following recent losses across global equities and concern about downside risk, we take a look at the performance of different investments during the worst quarters in recent decades for stock and bond markets.