An Inside Look at Quality and Low Volatility Investing
Two Quants and a Financial PlannerNovember 13, 202300:34:13

An Inside Look at Quality and Low Volatility Investing

Value and momentum might be the most popular factors with investors, but quality and low volatility also have significant research supporting them. In this episode we take a detailed look at the quality and low volatility factors. We discuss how they are defined, why the work and how they can be coupled with other factors like value and momentum.

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00:00 - Intro
02:24 - What is quality?
05:02 - The quant definition of quality
07:32 - Quality companies think in decades, not years
11:21 - Combining quality with value and momentum
14:04 - What is low volatility?
18:21 - Why do quality and low volatility work?
22:34 - Behavior is everything
26:25 - The importance of understanding long-short factor testing
28:24 - The sector composition of quality and low volatility portfolios

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Learning how to be a financial planner is one thing. Doing it is another. Follow along with new financial planners Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) and Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) as experienced veteran Matt Zeigler (@cultishcreative) helps them navigate the complex world of financial planning and learn about the most important topics that impact all of our financial futures. From investments to retirement to college planning to estate planning to insurance and beyond, we will cover the major financial planning issues that impact all of our lives and will provide a framework to help investors tackle them. We hope you will join us on our learning journey.

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