Value vs Earnings Yield
December 02, 2018I hope those of you in the US enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend with your families while we took a brief hiatus from Factor Spotlight. This week, we'll provide an update on some factors we've been tracking for the past few weeks, as well as dig into an interesting phenomenon that we're observing in the relationship between Earnings Yield and Value.
Risk-Off is back in Demand
November 18, 2018Thanks to all who braved the weather to attend the Learn2Quant conference in New York on Friday. For those unable to make it, I'll share the slides from my presentation on "How to be Factor Aware” once they're available.
Short Squeeze or Sustainable Rebound
November 04, 2018This week's market rally has resulted in pundits pointing towards a recovery due to better-than-expected corporate earnings and a softening of the trade war between the US and China. In our conversations with clients, we're hearing a lot of speculation about whether or not this is a legitimate bounce in the market or simply a short squeeze in the wake of the broad selloff of the past several...
Market Sensitivity Update
June 01, 2018In last week's Factor Spotlight, we discussed how the Market Sensitivity (Beta) factor was being flagged as Overbought and appeared to be reaching an inflection point. I wanted to quickly follow up as the factor has indeed seen a sell-off on both a cumulative and normalized basis in the global and US markets.
Market Sensitivity
May 25, 2018This week, I wanted to highlight the Market Sensitivity (Beta) factor as our Factor Profile tool currently has it flagged as Overbought in both the US and the broader global market.
February Factor Review
March 14, 20172017's bull market continued in February, with Dividend Yield being the month's standout factor. The low volatility factor’s positive return in an up month is also quite notable. Even low beta stocks, which are expected to underperform when markets are up significantly, were basically flat. Book/Price was the laggard this month. And Momentum, the best performing factor in the latter half of...
