Archive for the 'Seasonality' Category
One of the long-running themes of this blog has been an interest in wide-ranging portfolio diversification. One could even say we have an overriding interest in ‘radical diversification.’ It is a well-worn cliché in the investment world that portfolio diversification is one of the few ‘free lunches’ available to investors. While tired, [...]
Filed under: Alternative Investments, Commodities, Exchange Traded Funds, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Management, Radical Diversification, Seasonality | 0 Comments
Follow-up farrago
Every once in a while we come across a handful of items that touch on topics we have previously discussed. While worthy of note they (in our opinion) do not individually rise to the level of a full post. So in no particular order:
The always level-headed Jonathan Clements at WSJ.com discusses how investors [...]
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Illumination through research
One of the themes of this site is that investing is hard. Not necessarily because successful investors need to be geniuses. Rather it is the psychological dimension of active investing that leads to the downfall of a majority of investors. Given our brain’s penchant to seek our patterns, even when they are [...]
Filed under: Behavioral Finance, Portfolio Management, Seasonality | 1 Comment
International ETF timing
No wonder everybody and their brother wants into the international equity ETF business, it’s booming! While we have been skeptical about some of the me-too ETFs coming down the pike there is no doubting the popularity of ETFs, especially in the area of international investing.
Ian Salisbury at the Wall Street Journal reports on statistics [...]
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Regular readers of this blog know that one of our favorite topics is stock market seasonality. For better or worse there is not all that much research out there on the topic. Fortunately for us, CXO Advisory Group tracked down a research paper that takes a comprehensive look at the turn-of-the-month effect.
The turn-of-the-month [...]
Filed under: Equities, Seasonality | 0 Comments
