EQRR News and Press, ProShares Equities for Rising Rates ETF From 12/13/22

Summary Avoiding envy, and its associated pitfalls, is one of the simple secrets to a successful investment portfolio. Value once again outperformed Growth in the last week. After closing below the 200-day moving average for two weeks running, the US Dollar seems firmly entrenched i...

Summary There’s a growing valuation discount between our portfolios and their respective indices. Today, one can purchase a higher-quality portfolio for a discounted price relative to the index. This creates an attractive entry point for our actively managed small- to mid-cap...

Summary They may be far fewer in number than they used to be but traditional value investors are still out there, harnessing the power of “the force” in markets. Investors still interested in “thinking” their way to wealth (rather than giving in to the ...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Finding the best bond funds to buy is a challenging exercise. That’s especially true in periods of rising interest rates. Pimco, one of the country’s top bond investors, explains why interest rates affect...

Summary Based on our proprietary research in value investing, we find that deeper-valued stocks tend to outperform when the valuation spread, meaning the difference between cheap and expensive stocks, peaks from a very wide level. Valuation spreads narrowing and then starting to w...

Summary Short-sightedness has become an epidemic in investing. Meme stocks have convinced retail investors that getting rich overnight is a viable plan. With all the ways to invest these days, it seems like value investors are few and far between. Those who know how to properl...

Summary While still a source of outperformance this year, the global rotation into Value struggled for traction in Q3, thwarted by a summer rally in long-time laggard Quality. The recent back-and-forth between Value and Quality reflects their compositional differences and the diff...

Summary Bank earnings continue to roll in and low-duration stocks keep benefitting on a relative basis. Citizens Financial Group reported good net interest income, but the stock was little changed by late in the day after reporting in the morning. With a low Price/Book and hig...

Summary We sit down to discuss why indexing changed everything, why value is back and the fact that not all inflation is created equal. Will value stocks win for the patient investor over the coming three to five years? I'd give that very, very high odds. Central banks believe...

Summary Skewness in asset returns is a perplexing phenomenon and evokes different behavior from investors. Our theory is that skewness tends to move based on investor preferences. Investors in growth stocks may be pursuing lottery-like payouts, especially when such stocks are ...