Weekend Reads - Nov 09, 2024

Ruminating on Asset Allocation; The Wisdom and Madness of Crowds: Market Prices as Political Predictors!; Narratives, Affect and Popularity in Investing; and more...

• Ruminating on Asset Allocation (Oaktree)

• The Wisdom and Madness of Crowds: Market Prices as Political Predictors! (Musings on Markets)

• Narratives, Affect and Popularity in Investing (Periscope)

• Using Trading Volume to Optimize Portfolio Construction and Implementation (Alpha Architect)

• From Darwin to Wall Street: A Rebuttal (Enterprising Investor)

• What’s Driving Gold? Central Banks And Hedging Are Key Factors (The Capital Spectator)

• Measuring Decision-Making Skill in Investing (🎧 Enterprising Investor)

• Meb Faber Interview (Alpha Exchange)

• The Cult of Microsoft (Where's Your Ed At?)

• The Next Era of Private Credit (McKinsey)

• US Exceptionalism: Drivers of Equity Outperformance and What's Needed for a Repeat (Bridgewater)

• Understanding the Invisible Tail of a Power Law (Quant at Risk)

• Industry Is Not Destiny (Verdad)

• The Price of Progress: AGI, Philosophy, and the Future of Humanity with Mike Harris (📺 ReSolve Asset Management)

• Diversification 2.0: Mastering the Art of Portable Alpha (📺 Return Stacked Portfolio Solutions)

• Should Your Stock Portfolio Consider Your Career? by Straehl et al. (SSRN)

• In Pursuit of Trend-Following Beta: The Promise and Pitfalls of Replication by Braun et al. (SSRN)

• Predicting Market Returns: A Comparative Analysis of Econometric Techniques in Time Series Forecasting by Krishnan (SSRN)