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Perspective
Holy Cow the Rangers are Worse than the Cubs!
April 29, 2016
Cliff Asness delves into numbers and probabilities to determine the biggest loser: the Rangers (for not winning the Stanley Cup between 1940 and 1994) or the Cubs (for failing to win the World Series between 1908 and 2015).
Perspective
Perhaps the Most Important Essay I Will Ever Co-Author
March 1, 2018
We model when a hockey coach should pull the goalie when trailing and then discuss how our results relate to key lessons for portfolio and risk management, and business in general.
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.
Alternative Thinking
Bad Habits and Good Practices
3Q 2014
Good investing requires good investments and good investors. We discuss the latter and address bad habits that can affect long-term performance.
Book
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
January 1, 2012
Tobias Moskowitz teams up with Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim, to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports. They reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.
Journal Article
The Interdependent and Intertemporal Nature of Financial Decisions
February 15, 2009
Typically, corporate investment, distribution and financing polices are examined in isolation using a static single-equation methodology.
Journal Article
The Pitfalls of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
May 1, 2009
As market volatility reaches historic highs, investors have responded in various ways, including investing in funds that aim to deliver returns that are either a positive or inverse multiple of a stated index.
Journal Article
A Historical Perspective on Time-Varying Expected Returns
February 8, 2017
Investors naturally think about the expected returns of bonds based on their market yields, thus assuming time-varying expected returns.
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.
Working Paper
When Is Bargaining Successful? Negotiated Division of Tournament Prizes
June 5, 2008
High-stakes poker players often negotiate the distribution among a small number of finalists rather than playing through until only one player remains. We find that this setting is ideal for studying bargaining—this paper documents our findings.