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Derek Horstmeyer

20 Articles

Do the Best Equity Fund Managers Follow the Bond Market?

There is an old adage on Wall Street: To succeed as an…

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Can Tracking Error Boost Index Funds’ After-Tax Returns?

Investors tend to view an index fund’s tracking error in a purely…

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Bitcoin Mining and Local Stock Market Performance Correlations

Crypto is an uncorrelated asset class, according to its proponents, and as…

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Short Squeezes: A Four-Factor Model

Anticipating and riding short squeezes has grown in popularity as an investment…

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What Can AI Do for Investment Portfolios? A Case Study

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based strategies are being increasingly applied in investing and portfolio…

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Bonds and Fixed Income: Where’s the Hedge?

It is no secret that 2022 has been a rough year for…

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Growth, Value, and Skewness: Are Growth Stocks a Lottery-Like Bet?

Skewness in asset returns is a perplexing phenomenon and evokes different behavior…

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COVID-19 Correlations: Local Cases, Local Returns?

That local mood affects local stock returns is a longstanding truism of…

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Digital Gold or Fool’s Gold: Is Crypto Really a Hedge against Equity Risk?

Crypto enthusiasts often claim that digital coins and tokens are uncorrelated with…

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How Sharp Is the Sharpe Ratio? An Analysis of Global Stock Indices

Investors across the globe use the Sharpe Ratio, among other risk-adjusted metrics,…

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