I spoke with Robert Levy a few years ago. He is president of the Cato Institute (a liberal think tank) and a prominent constitutional expert.
Then I tracked down Bob and told him specifically about the controversial 1967 event. journal of finance article.
“Relative Strength as a Criterion for Investment Selection” was the first academic paper to present a strategy to consistently beat the market.It explained what we currently call momentum coefficient.
But when it was first introduced, it was revolutionary and hotly debated.
Look, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) It was new and popular at the time.
EMH said there is no way to win the market all the time. But Levy shared a simple formula for beating the market.
The letter to the editor lashed out at Levy, even though no one could find fault with his work. Some scholars claimed he made a programming mistake.
Others argued that he simply caught false positives. They reasoned that his results were false positives and unsustainable in the long run because it is impossible to beat the market.
Ms. Levy recalled the controversy at the time. He spent the next 25 years in the investment industry, providing data gleaned from SEC filings. He sold his business to a major publishing company and decided to go to law school at age 50.
When we spoke, Bob was surprised to hear that his paper is now widely cited. He didn’t keep up with the industry.I explained that it was 1993 paper Rediscovered his results. And now many scholars are building on his work.
He then surprised me by saying that he always thought the results were false positives. He did that research as part of his doctoral program. program. He found a more lucrative area of finance, collecting SEC data and selling it to Wall Street firms at a premium.
He had always wanted to be a lawyer and used the proceeds from the sale of his firm to fund his second career. In some ways Bob was like Rip Van Winkle. He woke up in the zoo where he laid the foundation.
Few factors will help you win the market
Levi’s measure of relative strength is momentum. He showed that rising stocks tend to outperform the market. And declining stocks tend to underperform.
In 1993, the same year researchers confirmed Levy’s work, others Identified Factors that outperform the market.
Factors are characteristics that describe a stock’s performance and can help investors beat the market. Nobel laureates Eugene Fama and Kenneth French have shown that stock market returns can be explained by three factors: risk, size and value.Mark Carhart added momentum to the model 1997.
Since then, researchers have discovered hundreds of factors.To 2017One team identified 447 of them. They replicated the original study and reported that 89.7% were not maintained at levels of statistical significance.
Many investors find the factors elusive. You never know which products will stand up to the rigorous testing. They also don’t know how to apply it. Finding the right one can be a daunting task for most people.
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thank you. Michael Carr Editor, exact profit
On Tuesday, I asked readers if inflation was having a significant impact on spending.
Nearly every major US retailer has commented on changes in spending patterns. On average, people prioritize essentials. And even higher-income shoppers tend to switch to more modest stores like Walmart and Dollar General.
Our banyan country seems to be in the same situation.
almost 62.5% of readers Indeed, it reported that inflation was affecting spending.
Would you count me among them?
I have also cut fat within my budget. And interestingly, I don’t feel like I’m missing out on the cuts.
We are not yet in a recession, or at least not formally declared one. But given that so many Americans are spending less to fight inflation, it would seem that the problem is this. when not if.
that’s ok. We are ready for it, and we are already looking ahead to the recession to come and the boom that will follow. artificial intelligence and automation technology.
In the same way that the pandemic forced us to boost productivity, this raging patch of inflation will set the anvil on which future labor-saving technologies will be hammered.
In the meantime, you can try more agile short-term trading, as Mike Carr recommends and works on in his book. trade room.
thank you.
Charles Sizemore Editor-in-chief, The Banyan Edge