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Taking Stock of Stock Myths
September 19, 2018
There is risk in every investment. This episode delves into three specific kinds of equity risks that tend to weigh on investors: home bias, market timing and inflation.
Perspective
Quant Cassandra
July 2, 2019
If all of us, as investors, can persevere, we believe the long-term benefits are great. But even knowing all this in advance doesn’t make it easy. Hopefully, this reminder of what we all knew sixteen long months ago is helpful.
Perspective
Once More, Without Feeling
December 19, 2018
Cliff discusses why many of the breathless articles and TV headlines we’ve seen lately about the overall U.S. stock market are just not that interesting.
Perspective
Response to Thomas Hoenig’s “Why ‘Risk-Based’ Capital Is Far Too Risky”
August 18, 2016
My colleagues have written a response to Thomas Hoenig's recent WSJ op-ed "Why 'Risk-Based' Capital Is Far Too Risky." Hoenig's recommended approach to managing leverage risk using a "simple" notional leverage limit reminds us of Einstein's famous purported comment to make things as simple as possible, but not simpler. The authors believe that Hoenig's approach fails to meet the Einstein test.
Perspective
The Hedgie in Winter
May 31, 2018
Cliff explains once again why hedge fund returns shouldn’t be compared to 100% long equities, how to do a more proper comparison, and then shares results.
White Paper
Portfolio Rebalancing: Common Misconceptions
February 1, 2017
We address misunderstandings about the role and implications of rebalancing, particularly in the context of actively-managed portfolios.
Perspective
Factor Investing Explicitly Tries to Look Lousy on Active Share
November 10, 2016
There has been much ink, and maybe even some blood, spilled debating the merits of “Active Share” for judging an investment fund. Cliff reviews the frequent misueses of active share, especially related to applying it factor investing
Perspective
But What About October?
November 23, 2018
This year of pain in liquid alternatives has continued. Cliff shows the results of an AQR representative liquid alts portfolio and based on an analysis of it, discusses how our investment process and our long-term liquid alts record remains sound, how October was disappointing but not a particularly abnormal outcome, and how our process has been well-behaved over time, particularly compared with the market portfolio.
Perspective
Serenity Now
June 20, 2019
What can you do when you are going through a very tough time? You continue to invest in the business including building the highest quality teams in the industry.
Perspective
Looking for the Intuition Underlying Multi-Factor Stock Selection
February 8, 2019
Cliff points out that although the benefits of combining factors into a diversified portfolio are large and well understood, one obstacle for many is gaining intuition about results. He tries to help.