Not exact matches
But one thing is being exposed to
value as a factor by buying for example an index; another is having
exposure to an active
value investor performing
stock picking
on top of that.
These can include an increased
exposure to
value, quality or high - dividend
stocks, for example, or perhaps a greater emphasis
on smaller companies, momentum or low - volatility
stocks.
In deciding how much of each
stock to own, a focus
on business Quality (as measured by profitability, stability and financial strength) helps us to maximise our
exposure to those
stocks which are both attractively
valued and good quality and to avoid «
value traps».
For investors seeking long - term investment returns in
value - focused
stocks over the complete investment cycle (bull and bear markets combined), with added emphasis
on reducing
exposure to general market fluctuations in conditions viewed by the Advisor as unfavorable to
stocks.
They focus
on net fund alphas, meaning after - fee returns in excess of the risk - free rate, adjusted for
exposures to three kinds of risk factors well known at the start of the sample period: (1) traditional equity market, bond market and credit factors; (2) dynamic
stock size,
stock value,
stock momentum and currency carry factors; and, (3) a volatility factor specified as monthly returns from buying one - month, at ‐ the ‐ money S&P 500 Index calls and puts and holding to expiration.
If you can see that
on the other side of this
exposure, there is a sensible reason for other people to want to hedge out some risks to reduce their
exposure to unmarketable
stocks or to reduce their
exposure to
value stocks and so forth, then there may be a reward that you can anticipate.
The U.S. portion is split evenly between a total
stock market index fund, which gives me broad market
exposure, and index funds that focus
on large - company and small - company
value stocks.
Meanwhile, for foreign
exposure, I own index funds focused
on developed foreign markets, international
value stocks, international small - company
stocks and emerging markets.