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White Paper
Understanding the Tax Efficiency of Relaxed-Constraint Equity Strategies
April 5, 2019
A guide to tax-aware relaxed constraint strategies that also tries to enlighten investors on the nuances around tax benefits by comparing different tax-aware strategies with an equity beta of one.
White Paper
Demystifying Illiquid Assets: Expected Returns for Private Real Estate
January 31, 2019
We try to demystify the risk and return of private real estate, considering theoretical arguments, historical average returns, and forward-looking yield-based analysis.
Journal Article
Demystifying Illiquid Assets: Expected Returns for Private Equity
January 31, 2019
We lay out a framework for expected returns for private equity that is based on a discounted cashflow framework similar to what we use for public stocks and bonds.
White Paper
Understanding the Tax Efficiency of Market Neutral Equity Strategies
May 9, 2017
Tax-aware equity market neutral strategies can be inherently tax efficient. We explain why and illustrate our thinking through historical strategy simulations, as well as explore potential practical applications.
Journal Article
Contrarian Factor Timing is Deceptively Difficult
March 7, 2017
The increasing popularity of factor investing has led to valuation concerns among some contrarian-minded investors and fears of imminent mean-reversion and underperformance.
Alternative Thinking
2017 Capital Market Assumptions For Major Asset Classes
1Q 2017
We update our multi-year expected return assumptions for major stock and bond markets. Compared with historical averages of value metrics, we believe we are in a low expected return environment.
White Paper
Are Defensive Stocks Expensive? A Closer Look at Value Spreads
November 20, 2015
Investors have been concerned about the rich valuation of defensive stocks and how that may crimp returns. Using value spreads, we analyze the relative prices of defensive stocks and discuss the difficulties in predicting style returns.