Factor exposure matters To reiterate: While dividend - paying stocks may have surprised investors with their robust performance in the face of rising interest rates following the Nov. 8 election, much of this performance can be explained
by factor tilts.
Not exact matches
But a combination of
factors — including a more dovish - than - expected update from the ECB, perceptions that Fed Chair Yellen's dovish
tilt to Fed policy would likely be maintained
by Jerome Powell and the absence of any sign of pricing pressures — saw them dip once more back into the trading range that has held for much of 2017.
Lack of adequate opportunities to strengthen and balance the muscles of the neck (very commonly caused
by too much time in Baby Gear) increases the risk of Torticollis, neck muscle tightness that leads to a
tilted head and is a very common contributing
factor in the development of Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)- and very frequently is diagnosed only after head flattening has occurred.
Alternative indices aim to replicate strategies used
by active fund managers
by tilting portfolios towards particular systematic risk
factors in markets.
This results in portfolios that look similar to those created
by fans of
factor investing, with
tilts toward value stocks and small - cap shares.
Thus, most of the time one can make money
by tilting to the moneymaking sides of these
factors.
Nevertheless, there are risks associated with individual equity
factors that are also borne
by investments that
tilt their holdings toward these
factors.
Tilting toward the size
factor by investing in small cap stocks can provide diversification away from large caps, but often comes with higher portfolio volatility, potentially lower liquidity, and higher transaction costs.
Risks associated with individual equity
factors are also borne
by investments that
tilt their holdings toward these
factors.
The illiquidity
factor earns a premium
by providing liquidity, but leaves illiquidity -
tilted investors prone to liquidity shocks that could lead to high costs of exiting their positions.
Tilting toward the size
factor by investing in small - cap stocks can provide diversification away from large caps, but often comes with higher portfolio volatility, potentially lower liquidity, and higher transaction costs.
By accident, all I did was
tilt the fund toward
factors that tend to outperform the market over longer periods.
«Smart beta» or
factor indices bridge the gap between active and passive management
by allowing investors to
tilt toward specific investment attributes — for example, low volatility or high dividend yield.
By tilting towards any of these
factors in your portfolio, you have the potential for market beating returns.
However, although the latter varies significantly from cycle to cycle (as reflected in different cycle magnitudes varying
by a
factor of 2), the
tilt angle exhibits roughly the same variations over all cycles, in accord with the idea of a regular cyclic behaviour (Suess et al. 1993; Cliver & Ling 2001; Alanko - Huotari et al. 2007), depending only on the solar cycle phase and not on its strength.
Meanwhile, they IGNORE other
factors, like the proximity of Jupiter being closer in 2010 than in the prior 50 years, leading to greater temperature - extremes
by increasing the Earth's axial -
tilt.