Blog

Are value stocks a good inflation hedge?

Value stocks are often assumed to have a shorter duration than growth stocks and are therefore expected to outperform during times of rising interest rates. In practice, this is all but clear.

Fabian Scheler

December 1, 2021

An open-source multi-asset portfolio optimizer

The construction of an efficient portfolio usually sits at the core of the investment process. This blog post introduces the interactive Portfolio Optimizer available on the quantamental platform.

Fabian Scheler

November 20, 2021

How many stocks sufficiently diversify a portfolio?

Many investors learn that the full benefits of diversification can be harvested with 20-30 stocks. However, it has been shown that this idea is based on a misunderstanding.

Fabian Scheler

November 3, 2021

Automated NBER recession shading in R

.... and production of presentation-ready graphics from R Studio and Shiny. Languages like R and Python quickly turn data into amazing charts. Unfortunately, by default, those tend to look a bit nerdy.

Fabian Scheler

November 1, 2021