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(<a href="https://qoppac.blogspot.com/2025/10/is-degradation-of-trend-following.html">This Blog is Systematic</a>)</p></li><li><p>Opposing Ideas. A Necessary Ingredient for a Diversified Portfolio (<a href="https://mailchi.mp/verdadcap/opposing-ideas">Verdad</a>)</p></li><li><p>A Trend Following Deep Dive: AI, Agents and Trend (<a href="https://www.man.com/insights/ai-agents-trend">Man</a>)</p></li><li><p>Bucket Shops, Crypto, and Flash Crashes (<a href="https://johnhempton.substack.com/p/bucket-shops-crypto-and-flash-crashes">John Hempton&#8217;s Newsletter</a>)</p></li><li><p>Lifespan of AI Chips: The $300 Billion Question (<a href="https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/15/lifespan-of-ai-chips-the-300-billion-question/">CITP Blog</a>)</p></li><li><p>Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Future of Central Bank Reserves by 2030 (<a href="https://mebfaber.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bitcoin_vs__Gold__The_Future_of_Central_Bank_Reserves_by_2030-2.pdf">DB</a>)</p></li><li><p>Jason Zweig on Clarity, Skepticism, and the Psychology of Investing (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM2yrM071YM">CFA Institute</a>)</p></li><li><p>Richard Sutton &#8211; Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21EYKqUsPfg">Dwarkesh Patel</a>)</p></li><li><p>Portfolio Design in a Distorted World ft. 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5530338">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Impact of Retail Investors&#8217; Online Activity on U.S. Stock Market Volatility (2020-2025) by Saharkhiz (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5457116">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Oct 18, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[How GDP Hides Industrial Decline; Where Factors Speak Loudest; Why Genius Failed: The LTCM Postmortem; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-18-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-18-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 17:48:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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(<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02196-4">Nature</a>)</p></li><li><p>Beliefs and Stock Market Fluctuations: New Evidence from the Past Seven Decades by Thesmar and Verner (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5448057">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Strategic Style Allocation: Absolute or Relative? by Vliet (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5516078">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>What the Stock Market Can Teach Us About Private Equity by Ennis and Rasmussen (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5391741">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Oct 11, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Making of a Market Maker; Worth Its Weight? Assessing Gold&#8217;s Portfolio Utility; Opening the Box of Macro Trend; Japan&#8217;s Rally Meets Shareholder Activism; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-11-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-11-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wMBS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F693352d5-bda8-425d-bb9a-5ea1b250b3bf_450x350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wMBS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F693352d5-bda8-425d-bb9a-5ea1b250b3bf_450x350.png" 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Assessing Gold&#8217;s Portfolio Utility (<a href="https://www.deshaw.com/library/worth-its-weight">D. E. Shaw</a>)</p></li><li><p>Opening the Box of Macro Trend (<a href="https://twoquants.substack.com/p/opening-the-box-of-macro-trend">Methods to the Madness</a>)</p></li><li><p>Japan&#8217;s Rally Meets Shareholder Activism (<a href="https://mailchi.mp/verdadcap/japans-rally-meets-shareholder-activism">Verdad</a>)</p></li><li><p>Not All Shocks are the Same (<a href="https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/not-all-shocks-are-the-same">Klement on Investing</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Death of the Corporate Job. (<a href="https://thestillwandering.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-corporate-job">Still Wandering</a>)</p></li><li><p>Why Warm Countries Are Poorer (<a href="https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/mountains">Uncharted Territories</a>)</p></li><li><p>Passive Aggressive&#8212;Another One Cites the Bust (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3L4Qj-M9A">Simplify Asset Management</a>)</p></li><li><p>Antti Ilmanen - Understanding Return Expectations (&#127911; <a href="https://castro.fm/episode/NGVlHU">Flirting with Models</a>)</p></li><li><p>Intangible Value Investing Using AI + NLP with Kai Wu of Sparkline Capital (&#127911; <a href="https://castro.fm/episode/4Ljrrd">The Acquirers Podcast</a>)</p></li><li><p>A Trend Following Deep Dive: The Dynamics of Dispersion (<a href="https://www.man.com/insights/deep-dive-trend-following">Man</a>)</p></li><li><p>Volatility Risk Premium Across Different Asset Classes (<a href="https://blog.harbourfronts.com/2025/09/28/volatility-risk-premium-across-different-asset-classes/">Relative Value Arbitrage</a>)</p></li><li><p>A Scorecard for Global Equity Allocation (<a href="https://macrosynergy.com/research/a-macro-quantamental-scorecard-for-global-equity-allocation/">Macrosynergy</a>)</p></li><li><p>Virtual Barrels Quant Talk, Episode 1: Who is Who in Oil Derivatives? (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUAVWhX4EVs">Virtual Barrels</a>)</p></li><li><p>Beyond Words: Fed Chairs&#8217; Voice Sentiments and US Bank Stock Price Crash Risk by Anastasiou et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5475246">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Stocks for Inflation Shocks by Czasonis et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5495340">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Predicting Extreme Returns with Fundamentals: A Machine Learning Approach by Wang and Liu (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5475406">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Timing Indian Equity Factors: Structural vs. Revaluation Signals by Raju (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5513940">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Oct 04, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-Term Treasuries in Diversified Portfolios; The Rising Tide of Government Interest Costs; Through the Looking Glass; The Perils of Concentration; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-04-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-oct-04-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:45:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5451754">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Maximizing Momentum with Double-Sorting by Scott and Geels (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5418174">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Sep 20, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Measuring the Impact of Impact Investors; Volatility Targeting Across Asset Pricing Factors and Industry Portfolios; Do Simple Stock-Picking Formulas Still Work?; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-sep-20-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-sep-20-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:49:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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(<a href="https://larryswedroe.substack.com/p/do-simple-stock-picking-formulas">Larry's Substack</a>)</p></li><li><p>Insights from the Lotka-Volterra Model (<a href="https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/09/15/insights-from-the-lotka-volterra-model/">Economics from the Top Down</a>)</p></li><li><p>Going Terminally Offline (<a href="https://ofdollarsanddata.com/going-terminally-offline/">Of Dollars and Data</a>)</p></li><li><p>High-Vol Trend Following: The Most Valuable Alternative Investment? (<a href="https://www.rcmalternatives.com/2025/09/high-vol-trend-following-the-most-valuable-alternative-investment/">RCM Alternatives</a>)</p></li><li><p>On Commitment (<a href="https://www.hottakes.space/p/on-commitment">Hot Takes</a>)</p></li><li><p>The False Dichotomy: Why the Active vs. Passive Fund Debate Misses the Point (<a href="https://alphaarchitect.com/active-vs-passive-fund-debate/">Alpha Architect</a>)</p></li><li><p>Capex Cycles (<a href="https://mailchi.mp/verdadcap/capex-cycles">Verdad</a>)</p></li><li><p>Chris Carrano &#8211; Designing Practical Factor Models (&#127911; <a href="https://castro.fm/episode/mT2WG3">Flirting with Models</a>)</p></li><li><p>Edward Chancellor Warns of an AI Bubble and Debt Supercycle Threatening U.S. Markets (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3BkqlFnaU">Prague Finance Institute</a>)</p></li><li><p>Cliff Asness Returns (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkXgKdipzVs">Carson Group</a>)</p></li><li><p>A Quant's Perspective on the 2008 Financial Crisis (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOjcOp9a5U">Susquehanna International Group</a>)</p></li><li><p>Ken Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard and Former Chief Economist, IMF (&#127911; <a href="https://castro.fm/episode/gJ3jnU">Alpha Exchange</a>)</p></li><li><p>A Tale of Two Anomalies: Value, Momentum, and Risk Sentiment by Lundblad et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5422514">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Role of Sticky Dividends During Recessions by Douglas (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5400499">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Inflation Factors by Leiva-Le&#243;n et al. 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5241880">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Levered Single-Stock ETFs by Bessembinder (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5369417">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Venture Capital as Portfolios of Compound Options by Hillenbrand and Stafford (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5388676">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Return Stacking and Portable Alpha, an Investor's Guide by Basnicki and Pickering (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5382795">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Sep 06, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Want better returns? Forget Risk. 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(<a href="https://mebfaber.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/wpiea2024005-print-pdf-1.pdf">IMF</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Case for Small Buyouts (<a href="https://www.rcpadvisors.com/news/the-case-for-small-buyouts-3/">RCP/Advisors</a>)</p></li><li><p>Mind the Gap: The Strategic Risk of Skipping a Vintage in Private Equity (<a href="https://www.commonfund.org/research-center/articles/mind-the-gap-the-strategic-risk-of-skipping-a-vintage-in-private-equity">CommonFund</a>)</p></li><li><p>Cross-Sectional Momentum: Results from Commodities and Equities (<a href="https://blog.harbourfronts.com/2025/08/28/cross-sectional-momentum-results-from-commodities-and-equities/">Relative Value Arbitrage</a>)</p></li><li><p>Muon Optimizer for Dense Linear Layer Explained | Newton-Schulz + Momentum (&#128250; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cto66pAUXQ">Deep Learning with Yacine</a>)</p></li><li><p>Japan's Labor Market under Demographic Decline: Evolving Dynamics and Macroeconomic Implications by UEDA Kazuo (<a href="https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/press/koen_2025/data/ko250824a1.pdf">BoJ</a>)</p></li><li><p>Is Gold an Inflation Hedge? by Baur (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5389663">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Tracking Speculation from Expectations by Su and Wen (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5392830">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Pricing of Corporate Bonds: Evidence From a Century-Long Cross-Section by Ghaderi et al. 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(<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165410125000576">JoAE</a>)</p></li><li><p>Do Investors Overvalue Firms with Bloated Balance Sheets? by Hirshleifer et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=404120">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Systematic Investor Sentiment and Market-Anomaly Comovement by Guo and Wu (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5358364">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>AlphaAgents: Large Language Model based Multi-Agents for Equity Portfolio Constructions by Zhao et al. 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(<a href="https://www.cambridgeassociates.com/insight/does-trend-followings-recent-struggle-signal-that-the-strategy-is-structurally-broken/">Cambridge Associates</a>)</p></li><li><p>Aging, Deflation, and Secular Stagnation (<a href="https://www.atlantafed.org/-/media/documents/research/publications/policy-hub/2022/10/06/13--aging-deflation-and-secular-stagnation.pdf">Atlanta Fed</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Path to 2075 &#8212; The Positive Story of Global Aging (<a href="https://www.gspublishing.com/content/research/en/reports/2025/05/20/2d3fe290-10b1-44be-8d0e-77b8d303928f.pdf">Goldman Sachs</a>)</p></li><li><p>Return Stacking and Portable Alpha - An Investor&#8217;s Guide (<a href="https://www.auspicecapital.com/return-stacking-and-portable-alpha">Auspice Capital</a>)</p></li><li><p>Cash Holdings (<a href="https://www.morganstanley.com/content/dam/im/assets/publication/thought-leadership/consilient-observer/article_consilient-observer-cash-holdings_ltr.pdf">Morgan Stanley</a>)</p></li><li><p>Rebuffed: An Empirical Review of Buffer Funds (<a href="https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/Journal-Article/Rebuffed-An-Empirical-Review-of-Buffer-Funds">AQR</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Wisdom of Buying Absurdly Expensive Stocks (Or Not!) 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(<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jofi.13467">JoF</a>)</p></li><li><p>How To Bet On Winners (and Losers) by Brownlees and Souza (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5352643">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Alternative Data and ML for Macro Nowcasting by Jain (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4258444">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Aug 16, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illiquidity Premium; Living with Trend Following: Lessons From the Past 25 Years; There Ain&#8217;t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch; Liquidity Outlook &#8211; Are We Poised for a Rebound?; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-aug-16-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-aug-16-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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(<a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w34086">NBER</a>)</p></li><li><p>Do Investors Fully Understand the Seasonality in Accruals? by Choy et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5363581">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Value and Momentum Leftovers McBride et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5346558">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Markowitz-Informed Neural Networks (MINNs): An Interpretable Deep Learning Approach to Portfolio Optimization by Smyth et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5336779">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Aug 09, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Every Trend Follower Has a Different Mission; Structural Flaws in the Growth&#8211;Value Duality; Stand United or Divide and Conquer? 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What is the Best Approach to Factor Investing? (<a href="https://www.ssga.com/library-content/assets/pdf/global/mas/2025/what-is-the-best-approach-to-factor-investing.pdf">State Street</a>)</p></li><li><p>The International Rebalance (<a href="https://www.morganstanley.com/im/publication/insights/articles/article_theinternationalrebalance_ltr.pdf">MS</a>)</p></li><li><p>Diversifiers Forever (<a href="https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/White-Papers/Diversifiers-Forever">AQR</a>)</p></li><li><p>Death of a Knowledge System (<a href="https://ecologiesofwisdom.substack.com/p/death-of-a-knowledge-system">Ecologies Of Wisdom</a>)</p></li><li><p>Investing in Managed Futures (<a href="https://www.marketsentiment.co/p/investing-in-managed-futures">Market Sentiment</a>)</p></li><li><p>From Recovery to Reinvention (<a href="https://web-assets.bcg.com/cc/0a/25876ea740168e908a8652e147d7/2025-gam-report-april-2025.pdf">BCG</a>)</p></li><li><p>What&#8217;s Driving the Surge in U.S. Corporate Profits? 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Unintended Consequences of Rebalancing; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-aug-02-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-aug-02-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:08:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tz0c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f5cb971-a3fd-4982-8944-4bbd72eb066f_450x350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tz0c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f5cb971-a3fd-4982-8944-4bbd72eb066f_450x350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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href="https://www.quantitativo.com/p/the-unintended-consequences-of-rebalancing">Quant Trading Rules</a>)</p></li><li><p>Buffett&#8217;s Intangible Moats (<a href="https://www.sparklinecapital.com/post/buffetts-intangible-moats">Sparkline Capital</a>)</p></li><li><p>Must Value Be Anti-Growth? (<a href="https://www.researchaffiliates.com/publications/articles/1088-must-value-be-anti-growth">Research Affiliates</a>)</p></li><li><p>Understanding The Virtue of Complexity (<a href="https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/Working-Paper/Understanding-The-Virtue-of-Complexity">AQR</a>)</p></li><li><p>Make Your Own Luck (<a href="https://www.kkr.com/content/dam/kkr/insights/pdf/2025-mid-year-outlook.pdf">KKR</a>)</p></li><li><p>Everyone Is Braced for a Crash. 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5330449">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Revisiting Factor Momentum: A One-month Lag Perspective by R&#246;nkk&#246; and Holmi (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5333744">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Fundamental Growth by Arnott et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5342700">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Jul 26, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Financial Independence is Overrated; The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis; How Did We Get Here? 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5295002">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Multivariable Kelly Criterion and Leverage by Smirnov and Dapporto (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5288640">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Sourcing all the Eggs from one Basket: Trade Dependencies and Import Prices by Balteanu et al. (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5147293">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Jul 12, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Reports of Factor Investing&#8217;s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated; From Tariffs to Trends. 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(<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5277926">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Uncertainty-Aware Strategies: A Model-agnostic Framework for Robust Financial Optimization Through Subsampling by Buehler et al. 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(<a href="https://alphaarchitect.com/executive-effort/">Alpha Architect</a>)</p></li><li><p>Gold Ratios as Stock Market Predictors (<a href="https://blog.harbourfronts.com/2025/06/09/gold-ratios-as-stock-market-predictors/">Relative Value Arbitrage</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Institutional Cost Mirage (<a href="https://mailchi.mp/verdadcap/the-institutional-cost-mirage">Verdad</a>)</p></li><li><p>Truth or Trend: Separating Signal from Noise (<a href="https://www.man.com/insights/truth-or-trend">Man</a>)</p></li><li><p>Short-Term Basis Reversal (<a href="https://www.quantitativo.com/p/short-term-basis-reversal">Quant Trading Rules</a>)</p></li><li><p>Active Management Is Suited to Uncertain Times (<a href="https://www.morganstanley.com/im/publication/insights/articles/article_activemanagementissuitedtouncertaintimes_ltr.pdf">MS</a>)</p></li><li><p>The Investment Industry is a Placebo (<a href="https://moontowermeta.com/the-investment-industry-is-a-placebo/">Party at the Moontower</a>)</p></li><li><p>Bayesian Edge Investing: A Framework for Smarter Portfolio Allocation (<a href="https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2025/06/16/bayesian-edge-investing-a-framework-for-smarter-portfolio-allocation/">Enterprising Investor</a>)</p></li><li><p>Do the Quality, Momentum, Low Vol, and Dividend Growth Strategies Beat the Market? 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(<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21662">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Riding a Bubble: A Study of Market-Timing Trading Strategies by Jarrow and Kwok (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5200953">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Is the Best Dividend Strategy to Avoid Them? by Faber (<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5271422">SSRN</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Jun 21, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Diversifying Strategies for Your Portfolio; The Compelling Case for an Allocation to Semi-Liquid Evergreen Private Equity; The Increasing Risks of Passive Dominance; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-jun-21-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-jun-21-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:07:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5272474">SSRN</a>)</p></li><li><p>Optimal Post-Hoc Theorizing by Chen (<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.10370">arXiv</a>)</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reads - Jun 14, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[You Can&#8217;t Put a Price on Mental Freedom; The Era Of The Business Idiot; Why Are Bond Investors Contrarian While Equity Investors Extrapolate?; Stimulus Does Not Stimulate; and more...]]></description><link>https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-jun-14-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tradelearner.com/p/weekend-reads-jun-14-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayan Doss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:05:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SEgd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b3d6533-2bf9-4b2b-832c-b81a127df00a_450x350.png" length="0" 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