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Night of the Living Fees
A look back at a bizarre, even morbid, aspect of mutual-fund fees.
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Economist David Ricardo — One of the Most Successful Quants in History
David Ricardo, one of the greatest economists of all time, was also one of the most skilled quantitative traders ever.
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How to Be Your Own Quant
Perhaps it’s cheaper to learn from the quants than to hire them.
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Are You Really Crazy Enough to Buy a Quadruple-Leveraged ETF?
Multiplying the returns of the stock market by four might not be a good idea for most people.
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Amazon’s 49,000% Gain: The Most ‘Super’ of ‘Superstocks’ Since 1926
The odds of finding the next superstock are incredibly low, but the rewards are incredibly high.
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When Researchers and Investors Walk Into a Bar, the Investors Get Hammered
Approach all claims of market-beating patterns with extreme skepticism.
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Sorry, Stock Pickers: History Shows You Underperform in Bad Markets, Too
The odds of finding a stock picker who can do better in down markets have long been less than 50/50.
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A Short History of Folly
The history of financial popularity is the record of high expectations leading to low returns.
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Quantitative Investing: A Crisis Waiting to Happen
Several factors combine to make computer models fatally flawed, says veteran investor Richard Bookstaber.
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Look Back and Learn: A History of Mutual Funds
How mutual funds became the greatest contribution to financial democracy ever devised — and how they lost their way.