Meb Faber Research – Stock Market and Investing Blog

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I like Five Thirty Eight.  Their data driven approach certainly appeals like a quant to me.  However, like many people out there, when they apply their logic to the stock market things start to go a little screwy.  They posted a piece titled :"Worried About The Stock Market? Whatever You Do, Don’t Sell." I think that is fine advice for a...

Not sure why I didn't include this chart in my Global Asset Allocation book, but below is the basic return/vol chart.  It demonstrates how clustered the returns are.  If you exclude the permanent portfolio (high cash), they are all within 1 percentage point of each other! Red are assets, blue portfolios. 73-2014.  

I am told I need to do a blog redesign to make my website "mobile friendly".  Since they are going to have to recode it anyway, is there anything you would like to see added or changed?  Suggestions?  

I send out a weekly hedge fund profile with 13F stock picks and results to The Idea Farm each week.  At the bottom of the post is the recent Greenlight Capital profile. One of the big challenges with allocating to active (subjective, not quant) managers is you are betting on their process - their ability to continue to keep doing what is...

This excerpt is from the book Global Asset Allocation now available on Amazon as an eBook.   If you promise to write a review, go here and I’ll send you a free copy. ---- Larry Swedroe is one of my favorite writers and researchers.  With 15 books to his name, his focus on evidence based investing fits in well with how...

This excerpt is from the book Global Asset Allocation now available on Amazon as an eBook.   If you promise to write a review, go here and I’ll send you a free copy. ---- William Bernstein is a retired doctor based in Oregon and is well-known for his writing on asset allocation with at least 10 books as well as a...

This excerpt is from the book Global Asset Allocation now available on Amazon as an eBook.   If you promise to write a review, go here and I’ll send you a free copy. ---- The 7Twelve allocation was proposed by Craig Israelsen in 2008.  Craig is the author of three books and is a principal at Target Dale Analytics. 7Twelve is one...