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Myth-Busting with Momentum: How to Pursue the Premium

ClearMoney

As with many things in life, the truth is somewhere between the extremes: While both simulated and real-world data suggest momentum may not be suitable as a driver of long-term asset allocations, we believe momentum considerations can be integrated in a cost-effective way to help inform daily portfolio management decisions.

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Starting Points

Brown Advisory

Assets in investments aligned to environmental, social or governance factors increased nearly fivefold between 2012 and 2016, according to US SIF Foundation. Still, nearly three out of four investors wait for their advisors to raise the topic of sustainability in relation to their portfolios, according to a 2013 survey by Calvert Investments.

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Starting Points

Brown Advisory

Assets in investments aligned to environmental, social or governance factors increased nearly fivefold between 2012 and 2016, according to US SIF Foundation. . . One family we advise wants to support local businesses with a regionally focused portfolio. That can be a mistake.

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My Investing Mentors

The Irrelevant Investor

These are two of my favorite quotes From The Intelligent Asset Allocator : Asset allocation is the only factor affecting your investments that you can actually influence. Ferri was an early champion of indexing and asset allocation for financial advisors. He taught me that asset allocation matters.

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Considering Climate within Portfolios

Brown Advisory

As we will discuss in this article, we conduct climate-related research and analysis (as part of our overall research efforts) along several separate but integrated tracks to guide our asset allocation, manager research and portfolio construction efforts. The portfolio information above represents a model portfolio.

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Considering Climate within Portfolios

Brown Advisory

As we will discuss in this article, we conduct climate-related research and analysis (as part of our overall research efforts) along several separate but integrated tracks to guide our asset allocation, manager research and portfolio construction efforts. The portfolio information above represents a model portfolio.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

Moreover, they must understand that the correlation of traditional factors with performance outcomes (such as portfolio returns and volatility) is highly sensitive to market conditions and the exact time-periods reviewed (Podkaminer, 2013). The Journal of Portfolio Management 40(2): 18-29. 2013(1): 1-15.