What conclusions can you draw about the level of challenge these texts provide, at least in terms
of quantitative factors?
Take the same level of debt on a profile with a recent history of payment problems, and the
higher quantitative factors should be a major red flag.
Remember that even the best designed screen is only a preliminary search for investments using a small set
of quantitative factors.
Our appraisal of what any company is worth is based on
quantitative factors like its growth rate and returns on incremental capital as well as on qualitative factors like its management quality and stability of cash flows.
The team prefers to allocate the most capital to our best ideas, defined by the combination of the qualitative and
quantitative factors above that lead to an assessment of the risk and reward associated with each investment idea.
I have dabbled
in quantitative factor models in the past, and normally I start with an index, group by sector, and then compare each company relative to its sector (I use valuation metrics, liquidity, technical factors such as relative strength and price relative to moving averages, earnings volatility, earnings estimates revisions, balance sheet metrics, beta, and a proprietary risk / reward metric).
Even where we have been scored as having met or exceeded our team and personal targets, and even when we talk about the how (that is to say, qualitative
not quantitative factors), this year we will be receiving nothing.
After narrowing the universe of potential investments to companies with
attractive quantitative factors, we undertake independent qualitative research, which is at the core of our selection process.
Dr. Miller dissertation evaluates
several quantitative factors related to the Breakthrough experience, such as the effect on the levels of gender role conflict, perceived social support and psychological well - being in men who attended the retreat.
To determine the right mix of compensation plans, the consultants didn't just look
at quantitative factors like income versus costs; they gathered qualitative information as well to determine whether the level of services and the nature of office practices were in alignment with the associates» expectations.
We want to allocate the most capital to our best ideas, defined by the qualitative and
quantitative factors above that lead to an assessment of the risk and reward associated with each investment idea.
Entrepreneur and Verisign came together to assemble the ranking, which is based
on quantitative factors and the feedback from Entrepreneur's audience of sophisticated, successful business owners.
Graham & Dodd advise a number of strategies to find value stocks, ranging from qualitative factors like identifying industry trends and a company's management team to
quantitative factors like book value, P / E ratio, and sales - to - price.
Then, a stock under consideration is stress - tested by Mauldin Economics» proprietary Equity Evaluation System (EES), which measures more than 100 qualitative and
quantitative factors.
The EES is a cutting - edge stock - selection system that puts individual stocks through a stress test by measuring more than 100 qualitative and
quantitative factors...
According to her attorneys, when the percentages were calculated, the Superintendent deserved $ 6,180 of $ 12,000 for the qualitative measures and $ 9,270 of $ 18,000 for
the quantitative factors.
Our choice is based on a combination of
quantitative factors, such as net rewards rate and value of bonuses, as well as qualitative considerations like whether or not cards report your credit score to the credit bureaus.
The distinction between the classic «active management» of mutual funds and
quantitative factor - based screens practiced by ETF firms like Sphere and Wisdom Tree is an increasingly fine one.
When using
your quantitative factors, do your normally compare an investment idea relative to its sector, industry, or a custom comp group?
The team uses a combination of these qualitative and
quantitative factors to determine the risk / reward profile of each company.
This post deals with qualitative factors, which are harder to ascertain than
the quantitative factors...
Did you enjoy investing more when you were analyzing qualitative and
quantitative factors of individual equities?
This post deals with qualitative factors, which are harder to ascertain than
the quantitative factors, and require more experience in order to learn.
(In real life, you should consider a broad range of qualitative and
quantitative factors and will probably want to construct a more sophisticated portfolio.)
Because the abstract ratings in Cook et al attempt to quantify
a quantitative factor -LRB-» > 50 % or recent warming») using non-quantified data, that increases the risk of errors but several tests including the self ratings have shown the errors not to have effected the results.
Now in its 18th year, the Training Top 125 ranking is based on myriad benchmarking statistics and determined by assessing a range of qualitative and
quantitative factors, including innovation and financial investment in employee development, the scope of development programs, and how closely such development efforts are linked to business goals and objectives.