Category: What works
Pairs Trading – A Market Neutral Strategy
In the wake of recent volatility, we look at a market-neutral strategy for active investing.
Low Vol Anomaly 3 – A Stock Screen
Today’s post is our third visit to the Low Vol anomaly. We’re going to try to adapt an existing stock screen from Ed Croft of Stockopedia.
Idle Investor – Implementing MATS
Today’s post discusses how best to implement the Multi-Asset Trend-Following System (MATS) from Edmund Shing’s book The Idle Investor.
Low Vol Anomaly 2 – Stockopedia tools
Today’s post is the second in a series on the Low Vol anomaly, and looks at how Stockopedia can help us to implement a strategy to take advantage of it.
High Returns Low Risk – The Low Vol Anomaly
Today’s post is a first look at a popular book from last year – High Returns from Low Risk – and at the low volatility anomaly it describes.
Quality Shares – A Stock Screen
Today’s post is an attempt to make a stock screen from the rules in Phil Oakley’s book on How to Pick Quality Shares.
Leon Boros Stock Screen
Today’s post describes an attempt to make a stock screener that follows the rules used by UK investor Leon Boros – a Leon Boros Stock Screen.
How to protect your portfolio
Today’s post is a look at the steps you can take to protect your portfolio against a possible downturn.
Profit Warnings – What Should You Do?
Today’s post is about Profit Warnings. It’s based on a Stockopedia seminar that I attended yesterday.
Smart Beta – Assets or Alpha?
Today’s post is a look at how Smart Beta – as applied by the asset management industry – is not exploiting the outperformance of factor investing to the benefit of investors.