This is a summary of links featured on Quantocracy on Tuesday, 03/17/2020. To see our most recent links, visit the Quant Mashup. Read on readers!
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Risk Parity in the Time of COVID [Invest Resolve]Consistent with misapprehensions expressed during other recent market crises, there has been a chorus of alarmist speculation about the actions and state of risk-parity strategies during the current crash. We felt it would be helpful to revisit the concept of risk parity and take a snapshot of how a typical global risk parity strategy might have been expected to behave this year. As a quick
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The Use and Value of Financial Advice for Retirement Planning: Part 1/2 [Alpha Architect]What are the Research Questions? Planning for the expenditures needed to fund a successful retirement is one of the most important tasks individuals face, and its not an easy one. In fact, it is pretty common (and smart) for some investors to turn to a professional advisor to help guide them through the several aspects of the retirement planning process. 1 According to Foerster et al. (2017),