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Journal Article
Common Factors in Corporate Bond and Bond Fund Returns
March 1, 2018
This paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of cross-sectional determinants of corporate bond excess returns. We find strong evidence of positive risk-adjusted returns to measures of carry, defensive, momentum and value.
Journal Article
Craftsmanship Alpha: An Application to Style Investing
December 31, 2017
What may seem like inconsequential design decisions can actually matter a lot for style portfolios. In fact, the skillful targeting and capturing of style premia may constitute a form of alpha on its own—one we refer to as “craftsmanship alpha.”
Journal Article
The Role of Shorting, Firm Size and Time on Market Anomalies
May 1, 2013
The pervasiveness, robustness and magnitude of return premia associated with size, value and momentum has made them the focal point for discussions of market efficiency, etc.
Trade Publication
Style Investing: The Long and the Long/Short of It
January 2, 2014
Many investors agree that applying systematic tilts away from a passive, capitalization-weighted portfolio is a good idea; fewer agree on how best to capture these style-based returns.
Trade Publication
Measuring Portfolio Factor Exposures: A Practical Guide
March 2, 2016
Regression analysis can help investors better understand the risk factors present in their portfolios, which has multiple benefits.
Journal Article
Long Horizon Predictability: A Cautionary Tale
June 18, 2018
We show there is much less evidence of long-horizon return predictability than existing research suggests, casting doubt over claims about forecasts based on stock market valuations and factor timing.
Working Paper
Trading Costs
August 23, 2018
Using live trade data from a large institutional money manager over a 19-year period, we find actual trading costs to be an order of magnitude smaller than previous studies suggest.
Journal Article
Size Matters, If You Control Your Junk
January 22, 2015
When it comes to equity investing, size matters—and in a bigger way than once thought—but only when controlling for junk. We examine seven challenges that have been hurled at the size effect and dismantle each one by controlling for a firm's quality.
Working Paper
Trading Costs of Asset Pricing Anomalies
December 5, 2012
We examine the trading costs, net-of-cost returns and break-even fund sizes of equity strategies designed to capture several of the main asset pricing anomalies documented in the literature.
White Paper
Building a Better Alternatives Portfolio (European Version)
September 1, 2011
Alternative strategies are valuable tools for potentially enhancing portfolio returns and are becoming widely accessible. We delve into alternatives and discuss why we believe multistrategy alternatives should be at the core of an alternatives allocation.