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Portable Alpha: Still A Great Solution For Improving Return Outcomes
  • 1 month ago

In the face of lower-than-average expected returns for equities, some investors may be considering adding active management to their equity allocations. However, the evidence supporting active long...

Can Machines Time Markets? The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction
  • 4 months ago

Common wisdom has suggested that small, simple models are best suited for market timing applications, given finance’s “small data” constraint and naturally low predictability. However, we show that...

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Combining VPFs and Tax-Aware Strategies to Diversify Low-Basis Stock
  • 6 months ago

We illustrate how combining VPFs (variable prepaid forwards) with tax-aware strategies can help diversify low-basis stock and thereby improve after-tax wealth accumulation. Long-run after-tax wealt...

In Search of the True Greenium
  • 6 months ago

The greenium (the expected return of green securities relative to brown) is a central impact measure for ESG investors. We propose a robust green score combined with forward-looking expected return...

Making VPFs Work Harder for You
  • 6 months ago

There is a range of solutions aimed at reducing the risk of concentrated stock tax-efficiently: completion portfolios, exchange funds, charitable giving, just to name a few. But for some investors,...

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The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction
  • 6 months ago

Contrary to conventional wisdom, we theoretically prove that simple models severely understate return predictability compared to “complex” models in which the number of parameters exceeds the numbe...

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Is Your Equity Hedge Fund Portfolio Resilient Enough for Uncertain Times?
  • 7 months ago

We analyze the historical macroeconomic sensitivity of traditional asset classes and major hedge fund strategies. We show that the average hedge fund is unlikely to provide meaningful diversificati...

The Enduring Appeal of Gain Deferral, Part 2
  • 7 months ago

Our previous post showed the power of deferral for building wealth, but one key assumption in that analysis was that tax rates remain constant. In this post, we discuss whether gain deferral is sti...

The Enduring Appeal of Gain Deferral, Part 1
  • 7 months ago

We find that strategies that help defer gains can be highly beneficial, irrespective of the investment horizon and especially over the long term.

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