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Economics with Market Liquidity Risk

We discuss the effects of market liquidity risk on asset pricing, investment management, corporate finance, banking, financial crises, macroeconomics, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and other economic areas.

Interview

Words from the Wise: An Interview with Richard Thaler

Richard Thaler, a founding father of behavioral finance and the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, discusses his pioneering research, including how our behaviors influence decision making and investing and what to do about it.

Journal Article

Sharpening the Arithmetic of Active Management

Does the dictum that the return to active management must equal that of passive management hold in the real world? This paper explores the assumptions and possible market impact.

Perspective

Wild but Not Crazy

Just how volatile was the recent market ride? Cliff Asness puts the volatility into perspective in terms of both its absolute and surprise levels.

Perspective

High-Frequency Derangement Syndrome

Commentators are still blaming the wrong strategies for the recent market rout.

Perspective

Add More Fama to Your Portfolio

This entry is a book recommendation. The book is The Fama Portfolio and it should be on the shelf (after being read!) of any serious student of finance.

Perspective

Please Stop Talking About the VIX So Much

It has become quite commonplace to note that the VIX (the CBOE Volatility Index) is currently very low and to worry about it. But Cliff tends to think there's less to worry about than most.

Perspective

2016 Was Not a Particularly Volatile Year

A lot of year-end commentary about financial markets in 2016 made it sound like a crazy year. It wasn’t—in fact, it was amazingly normal. This is true at least of the S&P 500, which is likely what many commentators are talking about.

Perspective

The Active Manifesto Kerfuffle

A Sanford Bernstein research note on the evils of indexing kick-started valuable discussions in the world of finance, but it missed something important: Free riding on price signals may be the most important feature of capitalism.

Journal Article

The Low-Volatility Anomaly: Market Evidence on Systemic Risk vs. Mispricing

Researchers have demonstrated a long-term connection between future stock returns and various measures of prior stock price variability.