In June, Applied Finance published an article that explored the role of intrinsic value in passive indexing where we studied various value-weighted approaches to form position sizes based on market value, book value and intrinsic […more]
The notable tactical valuation themes we observe in the current marketplace indicate that large cap stocks are slightly more attractive than their small cap peers. We also observe that investors can improve a portfolio’s intrinsic value characteristics by allocating towards highly profitable, growing stocks away from low profit, dilutive peers. […more]
Corporate America is chugging along and reporting strong earnings. For the SP500 index, 87% of its members have reported actual 21Q1 EPS above estimates, well above the five-year average of 74%. In aggregate, SP500 companies’ […more]
US market returns in Q2 were once again dominated by the top 5 market cap stocks following blockbuster earnings reports in April. In 2020, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL and FB (FAAMG) combined to represent nearly […more]
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