Excess Returns is an investing podcast hosted by Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau, partners at Validea. Justin and Jack discuss a wide range of investing topics with the goal of helping those who watch and listen become better long term investors, all in twenty minutes or less per episode.
Value investors currently love emerging markets. Whether you look at projections from GMO or Research Affiliates or any of the other major firms who l...
The 60-40 portfolio has been a solid long-term performer for investors. It has worked in bull markets. It has also held up well in deflationary shocks...
Many factor investors tend to use similar approaches. You will typically see some value and momentum in their strategies. You will also likely see som...
After years of struggle, it seemed like the big rebound value investors had been waiting for was upon us in the wake of the 2020 bear market. But rece...
With bonds yields near all time lows and stock valuations near all time highs, the future returns of the 60/40 portfolio don't look promising. This ha...
Our guest in this episode is Gregg Fisher of Quent Capital. Gregg was a pioneer in factor investing and the founder of Gerstein Fisher, which he grew ...
Buying stocks of high quality companies is something investors are almost universally attracted to. But the details of how to define quality, and the ...
Valuing factors can be a confusing process. Not only are there are different factors to look at, there are also many ways to define them and a variety...
When many investors think about dividend investing they think about buying the highest yielding stocks. But investing in quality companies that are gr...
Conviction is probably the most important thing in investing. Regardless of the investment strategy you utilize, the ability to stick with it during t...