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Chief Investment Quarterly
Fed Policy Plays Catch-Up
May 8, 2019
Markets surged ahead in the first quarter largely in reaction to central bank policy that was more dovish than expected. However, markets may not fully appreciate the Fed’s ability to generate inflation.
Chief Investment Quarterly
You Can’t Hedge, but You Can Diversify
May 8, 2019
Investors may benefit from adding diversifiers to their portfolios, but diversifiers aren’t hedges. Hedges serve a different purpose…unless they’re from Texas.
Chief Investment Quarterly
Who Knew Annuities Could Be So Exciting?!
May 8, 2019
The debate over annuities in Defined Contribution (DC) plans is so boring that it’s a bipartisan issue. But, their impact on retiree consumption is actually pretty exciting.
Chief Investment Quarterly
Late Cycle Syndrome
September 18, 2019
The concern that the economy is nearing the end of its expansion phase has important implications for investors. We take a look at the data on “late cycle” indicators to see what they really tell us.
Perspective
Our Hat into the Podcasting Ring
August 8, 2018
Cliff discusses the launch of the AQR podcast, The Curious Investor.
Perspective
Efficient Frontier “Theory” for the Long Run
December 10, 2014
Financial theory has taken a lot of abuse recently, specifically some of the basic tenets of modern portfolio theory. We think it's better to step back and judge ideas over the long-term and we show why.
Perspective
It Ain't What You Don't Know That Gets You Into Trouble
June 20, 2018
My colleagues have written two papers questioning things we thought we knew. The first questions what we really know about current stock market valuations forecasting long-horizon future returns and the second explores whether or not the size effect really exists.
Perspective
Going Deep on Contrarian Factor Timing
December 4, 2017
We studied all the interesting things that happen when some stocks, or other assets, get deeply cheap while others get deeply expensive, and learn more about value investing and how timing works when increasing breadth of comparisons.
Perspective
Sin a Little
November 11, 2015
We apply value and momentum investing—which we believe to be the strongest empirical regularities in finance—to the age-old task of market timing, long been regarded by many as an investing sin. We find that investors may benefit from a modest amount of marketing timing.
Journal Article
Bad Habits and Good Practices
August 5, 2015
This article focuses on the habits that may hinder long-term investment performance: multiyear return chasing, under-diversification and comfort seeking.