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Excess Returns

Excess Returns is an investing podcast hosted by Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau, partners at Validea Capital Management. Justin and Jack discuss a wide range of investing topics, including factor... Read more

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Some Thoughts on the Struggles of Factor Investing in the Past Decade

Some Thoughts on the Struggles of Factor Investing in the Past Decade

The long-term evidence to support factor investing is compelling. Academic work has shown that factors like value and mo... Read more

8 Mar 2020

13mins

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The Case Against Value Stocks

The Case Against Value Stocks

Confirmation bias is one of the biggest problems in investing. We all have a set of core beliefs, and we tend to surroun... Read more

12 Jan 2020

19mins

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Six Common Misconceptions About Factor-Based Strategies

Six Common Misconceptions About Factor-Based Strategies

Factor strategies have grown exponentially in the past decade. Almost every major asset manager now offers their variati... Read more

22 Dec 2019

23mins

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The Importance of Challenging Your Own Beliefs

The Importance of Challenging Your Own Beliefs

Confirmation bias is one of the most damaging biases in investing. All of us want to be right. We all want to think that... Read more

29 Mar 2020

19mins

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The Double Edged Sword of Avoiding Value Traps

The Double Edged Sword of Avoiding Value Traps

Many value stocks are cheap because they deserve to be. Some of them no longer have sustainable businesses, and as a res... Read more

5 Jan 2020

14mins

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Lessons From the March For the Fallen

Lessons From the March For the Fallen

In this episode, we discuss Justin's experience participating on the Alpha Architect team in last year's March for the F... Read more

29 Dec 2019

15mins

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Looking at Different Ways to Manage Risk

Looking at Different Ways to Manage Risk

There are many ways to manage risk in a portfolio. Traditional methods like blending stocks with bonds will work for mos... Read more

22 Mar 2020

21mins

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The Challenges of Developing a Sell Strategy

The Challenges of Developing a Sell Strategy

As difficult as it is to figure out the right stocks to buy, determining when to sell can be even more challenging. In t... Read more

19 Jan 2020

17mins

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Some Thoughts on Market Panics

Some Thoughts on Market Panics

The argument that investors should stay the course during market declines is an easy one to make. It also in most cases ... Read more

15 Mar 2020

18mins

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Bonus: Long Live Value Investing?

Bonus: Long Live Value Investing?

After we finished recording this week's episode on the case against value stocks, we kept the recorder rolling and we ha... Read more

17 Jan 2020

7mins

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The Perils of Market Forecasting

The Perils of Market Forecasting

We have just completed market prediction season. Its the time of year where there are countless forecasts about what the... Read more

26 Jan 2020

16mins

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Interview: Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle

Interview: Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle

In this week’s Excess Returns, we are trying something new. In addition to our regular episodes, we have decided to peri... Read more

6 Apr 2020

35mins

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Lessons From Our Most Read Five Questions Interviews

Lessons From Our Most Read Five Questions Interviews

In this week's episode, we talk about the biggest lessons from the first year of our Five Questions interview series. Ou... Read more

9 Feb 2020

17mins

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The Pros and Cons of Trend Following

The Pros and Cons of Trend Following

To say that the track record of market timers in general is dismal would be an understatement. There are so many factors... Read more

23 Feb 2020

18mins

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Q&A: Answering Investors' Questions in Uncertain and Volatile Times

Q&A: Answering Investors' Questions in Uncertain and Volatile Times

With the market in the midst of a significant decline and uncertainty reaching levels we haven't seen in many years, we ... Read more

19 Mar 2020

19mins

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The Pitfalls of Back Testing

The Pitfalls of Back Testing

Back testing is one of the most misused tools in investment management. Almost every back test outperforms the market, b... Read more

16 Feb 2020

16mins

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The Benefits of a Value Composite

The Benefits of a Value Composite

Picking the right value metric can be one of the biggest challenges of quantitative value investing. Although the Price/... Read more

2 Feb 2020

15mins

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The Dangers of Headline Investing

The Dangers of Headline Investing

The recent market sell off related to the Coronavirus has many investors worried. And with good reason.  When panics lik... Read more

1 Mar 2020

16mins

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The Limits to Lessons From Past Bear Markets

The Limits to Lessons From Past Bear Markets

Whenever we are confronted with a bear market, we all want to figure out how it will play out. We want to know how big t... Read more

19 Apr 2020

15mins

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The Dangers of Hindsight Bias

The Dangers of Hindsight Bias

Whenever any of us analyze the decisions we make in investing, there is always a tendency to think that what we end up k... Read more

12 Apr 2020

12mins

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