Shorter settlement periods are meant to protect market participants. But the new T+1 settlement cycle for US equities may have undesirable knock-on effects for financial market participants around the world, including index fund managers.
Despite some current limitations, AI stands to offer significant advantages versus traditional approaches to identifying and predicting financial crises.
Portfolios that include both productive and scarce assets can deliver similar performance to the S&P 500 with less risk than those that hold only productive assets.
Small-cap companies are poised for a rebound. The sector is best approached through an active investment strategy where expertise and a deep understanding of the individual businesses and their risk-and-reward characteristics are necessary for success.
Are investment returns random across time as Burton Malkiel suggests in his book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street? There is notable disagreement on this topic. This research finds that practitioners may need to rethink their portfolio optimization routines.
There is strong evidence that most “rich families” will be poorer after several generations. Some of the reasons for this are systemic like taxes. But most factors that diminish a family’s wealth over generations are the choices that heirs make.
Governments relish mingling in markets. Yet, if past policies are any guide, taxpayers are being shortchanged.
Smart rebalancing rules help portfolio managers capture more of the return that is inherent in their factor strategies. Concentrating on “priority best” trading improves factor portfolio performance.
IFRS 18 responds to investors' concerns about challenges in comparing companies' financial performance.
Meir Statman shares his insights on the broader aspects of financial well-being and its interconnection with life satisfaction.