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Cultural appropriation: private equity goes quant
Machines are helping venerable shops find under-the-radar performers and factors that drive them
Value: ‘Trade of the decade,’ says QMA
Quant firm predicts big revival for out-of-favour strategy
Research Affiliates expects 16% return from value repricing
New study shows “the engine for value performance is not broken”
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All we’ve done is coded everything a human trader would ever do
Stephen Cavoli, Virtu Financial
Traders need to realise automation requires a continuous effort where they monitor, evaluate and optimise the behaviour of the machine
Ravi Sawhney, Bloomberg
Momentum stocks have become the opposite of value. It’s binary
Luc Dumontier, LFIS
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Is the value factor broken? Not according to QMA, the $123.2 billion quant arm of PGIM. New research from the firm suggests that macroeconomics, rather than fundamentals, explain the factor’s dire performance for the past 18 months. “What we’ve seen for value stocks is that their recent underperformance has been driven by multiple market losses. It hasn’t been driven by weakening fundamentals,” which would indicate a value trap, says Gavin Smith, portfolio manager at QMA.
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