A common rule of thumb (or, in academic-speak, “heuristic”) is leading investors to see too much promise in too many firms. This mistake has led to many opportunities for investors.…
In today’s hypercompetitive investment landscape, active investment managers must earn their fees by targeting genuine opportunities to outperform. To do this, managers need to use strategies that are different from…
As we head into the fourth quarter of 2018, investors have plenty to worry about. From the yield curve pointing to rising odds of a US recession, to an increase…
Markets always find new ways to challenge investors. In a difficult environment for quantitative factor-driven strategies, merely having factor diversification, substantial portfolio exposure to short positions, and international exposure aren’t…
Counterpoint Tactical Equity and Counterpoint Long-Short Equity funds are built on confidence in the advantages of adding international names to our multifactor long-short stock portfolios. This raises the question: Why…
Quantitative portfolio decisions can seem mysterious, even to experienced investors. To illustrate how Counterpoint Tactical Equity and Counterpoint Long-Short Equity size up international stocks, we evaluated a few recent individual…
We all know the 2008 financial crisis completely upended Wall Street. Storied firms disappeared; Dodd Frank ushered in a new regulatory regime; and central bankers unveiled unprecedented monetary policies. Along…
A quantitative system that ranks stocks according to factors that have historically explained investment returns is not always easy to grasp in the abstract. To give investors a better sense…
Tactical Income Update Looking at the past year, 2017 has been friendly to passive indexing strategies. The S&P 500 reached new all-time highs; high yield bond indices showed strong returns;…
