A summary of "Targeting Retirement Security with a Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategy," by Adam Kobor, CFA, and Arun Muralidhar, published in the Third Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "A Framework for Constructing Equity-Risk-Mitigation Portfolios," by J. Baz, J. Davis, S. Sapra, N. Gillmann, and J. Tsai, published in the Third Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Decentralized Efficiency? Arbitrage in Bitcoin Markets," by Sinan Krückeberg and Peter Scholz, published in the Third Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "A New Framework for Analyzing Market Share Dynamics among Fund Families," by Jan Jaap Hazenberg in the Third Quarter issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "An Empirical Evaluation of Tax-Loss-Harvesting Alpha" by S.E. Chaudhuri, T.C. Burnham, and A.W. Lo, published in the Third Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal . Summary http://www.cfainstitute.org/en/research/financial-analysts-journal/2020/empirical-evaluation-tax-loss-harvesting-alpha
A summary of "Risk Management and Optimal Combination of Equity Market Factors," by Roger Clarke, Harindra de Silva, CFA, and Steven Thorley, CFA, published in the Third Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
Managing Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal Heidi Raubenheimer provides an overview of the Third Quarter issue of 2020. We continue to celebrate 75 years in research publishing with our opening article. Six research articles follow, covering retirement saving, equity defense, multifactor management, tax-loss harvesting, market share, and bitcoin.
A summary of "When Managers Change Their Tone, Analysts and Investors Change Their Tune," by M. Druz, I. Petzev, A. Wagner, and R. Zeckhauser, published in the Second Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of the article "Looking under the Hood of Active Credit Managers," by Diogo Palhares and Scott Richardson, published in the Second Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability," by George Serafeim, published in the Second Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "The Equity Differential Factor in Currency Markets," by David Turkington, CFA, and Alireza Yazdani, published in the Second Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
We open with the first of our series celebrating 75 years of the Journal. Next "The Big Market Delusion" and four research articles: two using big data "Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability" followed by "When Managers Change Their Tone, Analysts and Investors Change Their Tune"; next "The Equity Differential Factor in Currency Markets "and "Looking under the Hood of Active Credit Managers."
A summary of "Option Investor Rationality Revisited: The Role of Exercise Boundary Violations," by Robert Battalio, Stephen Figlewski, and Robert Neal, published in the First Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "The Tax Benefits of Separating Alpha from Beta," by Joseph Liberman, Clemens Sialm, Nathan Sosner, and Lixin Wang, published in the First Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Net Share Issuance and Asset Growth Effects: The Role of Managerial Incentives," by Shingo Goto, Zhao Wang, and Shu Yan, published in the First Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Change Is a Good Thing," by David M. Blanchett, CFA, Michael S. Finke, and James A. Licato, published in the First Quarter 2020 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
We open with "Dynamics of ETF Fees," followed by five research articles: "Change Is a Good Thing," highlighting the effectiveness of fund selection and switching; "The Tax Benefits of Separating Alpha from Beta"; an equity strategy in "Net Share Issuance and Asset Growth Effects: The role of managerial incentives."; and finally "Option Investor Rationality Revisited: The Role of Exercise Boundary Violations"—revealing opportunities in the intraday options market.
Andrea Frazzini talks about the article "Buffett's Alpha," Graham and Dodd winner in 2018 from the Financial Analysts Journal . Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway returns appear to be neither luck nor magic but, rather, a reward for leveraging cheap, safe, high-quality stocks.
Managing Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, Heidi Raubenheimer, CFA, provides an overview of the Fourth Quarter issue of 2019.
A summary of "Corporate Governance, ESG, and Stock Returns around the World," by Mozaffar Khan, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Do Investors Consider Nonfinancial Risks When Building Portfolios?," by David M. Blanchett, CFA, and Michael Guillemette, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "The Near-Term Forward Yield Spread as a Leading Indicator: A Less Distorted Mirror," by Eric C. Engstrom and Steven A. Sharpe, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.
A summary of "Carry Investing on the Yield Curve," by Martin Martens, Paul Beekhuizen, Johan Duyvesteyn, CFA, and Casper Zomerdijk, CFA, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Optimal Currency Hedging for International Equity Portfolios," by Jacob Boudoukh, Matthew Richardson, Ashwin Thapar, and Franklin Wang, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
A summary of "Optimal Timing and Tilting of Equity Factors," by Hubert Dichtl, Wolfgang Drobetz, Harald Lohre, Carsten Rother, and Patrick Vosskamp, published in the Fourth Quarter 2019 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal .
Seven research articles. The first asks, "Are Passive Funds Really Superior?" The second defends portfolio optimization, and the third article assists us in "Choosing and Using Utility Functions." These three are followed by "Machine Learning for Stock Selection" and "The Impact of Crowding in Alternative Risk Premia Investing." Next, we investigate "Financial Statement Anomalies in the Bond Market," and the issue ends with the confusion provoked by the titles used by "Brokers or Investment Advi...
A viewpoint on Crypto Asset Regulation, a Perspectives article on Spending Policy and five research articles: 1) "Revenge of the Stock Pickers," showing how much alpha is left behind by ETFs in a sudden selloff, 2) "What Is Quality?," an in depth investigation into quality factors, 3) a study of the market impact costs of factor strategies , 4) a demonstration of the benefit of tax management, and 5) "Trusting Clients' Financial Risk Tolerance Survey Scores."
Two perspective articles: SeLFIES as an antidote to financial ignorance and "Long-Horizon Predictability: A Cautionary Tale. Four research articles follow: "Missing the Mark: Mortgage Asset Valuation Accuracy and Credit Modeling"; "The Returns to Private Debt: Primary Issuances vs. Secondary Acquisitions"; "Trends' Signal Strength and the Performance of CTAs."; and "Comparing Cost-Mitigation Techniques."
Antti Petajisto talks about his article "Inefficiencies in the Pricing of Exchange Traded Funds," Graham and Dodd winner in 2017 from the Financial Analysts Journal . He found that prices of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can deviate significantly from their net asset values (NAVs).
