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A Trend Equity Primer
An introduction to trend equity, a strategy that seeks to benefit from the long-term, expected equity risk premium and the convex payoff of trend following.
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The Misleading Lessons of History
Market history can be a potentially misleading guide to the future. Adding more noise to the past returns may create more signal for the future.
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Timing Equity Returns Using Monetary Policy
We explore the relationship between equity returns and contractionary/expansionary monetary policy regimes using a simple simulation-based framework.
Read more.Video Digest: Trade Optimization
A video digest of our most recent weekly research commentary on the role of trade optimization / trade paring in portfolio construction.
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Our Conversation with JD Gardner
The thoughts and commentary of the team at Newfound on our podcast conversation with JD Gardner.
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We walk through our state of risk management research and show how diversification can prevent short-term underperformance and manage sequence risk.
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Trade Optimization
We explore how mixed-integer linear programming can be applied in portfolio trade optimization, potentially helping reduce real-world implementation costs.
Read more.Video Digest: A Factor-Based Approach to Disruptor-Based Sectors
A video digest of our most recent weekly research commentary on using factors to allocate to new products like sector disruptor ETFs.
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The State of Risk Management
We evaluate the state of risk management by exploring the historical performance of eight different risk-managed strategies over the last 20 years.
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A Factor-Based Approach to Disruptor-Based Sectors
Sector disruptors are new products that can be hard to allocate to. The proven history of factors (momentum, etc.) can be a guide.
Read more.Video Digest: Mean Reversion and Bond ETF Returns
A video digest of our most recent weekly research commentary on the evidence of mean reversion in returns for fixed income.
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Our Conversation with Meb Faber
The thoughts and commentary of the team at Newfound on our podcast conversation with Meb Faber.
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Mean Reversion and Bond ETF Returns
The fixed coupon and maturity of bonds act live gravity, causing mean reversion in returns. Short-term underperformance might suggest a positive forecast.
Read more.Video Digest: Measuring Process Diversification in Trend Following
A video digest of our most recent weekly research commentary on measuring process diversification within the context of trend following strategies.
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Measuring Process Diversification in Trend Following
In this research commentary we seek to measure the potential diversification benefits of introducing new ways of measuring trends.
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Our Conversation with Eric Ervin
The thoughts and commentary of the team at Newfound on our podcast conversation with Eric Ervin.
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Machine Learning, Subset Resampling, and Portfolio Optimization
We two novel algorithms, one based on machine learning and the other based on simulation, to manage estimation risk in portfolio optimization.
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Our Conversation with Tobias Carlisle
The thoughts and commentary of the team at Newfound on our podcast conversation with Tobias Carlisle
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Momentum’s Magic Number
The performance of momentum strategies appears to peak when the formation period plus the holding period sum to between 12 and 18 months.
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Our Conversation with Adam Butler
The thoughts and commentary of the team at Newfound on our podcast conversation with Adam Butler.
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