Lawrence Hamtil: The Virtues of Sin (Stocks)

The Long View

Mar 11, 2020•52 min•Ep. 46

--:--

Listen in podcast apps:

Episode description

Our guest this week is Lawrence Hamtil. Lawrence is a principal at Fortune Financial Advisors, an independent Registered Investment Advisor firm he co-founded in 2008. He provides financial advice and investment management services to the firm’s high-net-worth clients. Lawrence came to our attention on social media, where he can be found on twitter at @lhamtil. A prolific researcher and excellent writer, Lawrence frequently publishes investments research and commentary on Fortune Financial’s blog. His research has covered a lot of ground, but a few topics have gained him a following, including his work on the role of sectors and industries in explaining stocks returns; the low-volatility phenomenon; sin stocks; equal-weighted portfolios; and more. Lawrence is a graduate of Rockhurst University..

Background and Influences

Lawrence Hamtil bio

Fortune Financial advisor blog

Lawrence Hamtil’s twitter account @lhamtil

“Contrarian Investment Ideas” by David Dreman; May 18, 1998

“Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” by Phil Fisher; Jan. 1, 1960

Value Investing and Inflation

“Who Killed Value?” by William Bernstein; Efficient Frontier blog

“How Inflation Makes the Value Factor a Sector Bet” by Lawrence Hamtil; Fortune Financial blog; May 14, 2019

Equal-Weighting and Inflation

“The Inflation Advantage of Equal Weight” by Lawrence Hamtil; Fortune Financial blog; Aug. 28, 2018

Sectors and Industries: Importance to Stock Returns