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Excess Returns
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Validea team on factor investing and market history.

In the last 30 days, Excess Returns produced 174 attributed ideas; most-discussed: META, AAPL, TSLA.

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30D
META · 1AAPL · 1TSLA · 1005930.KS · 1RR.L · 1BABA · 1WMT · 1
90D
META · 1AAPL · 1TSLA · 1005930.KS · 1RR.L · 1BABA · 1WMT · 1

Theses first heard here · 9

ETFs enable dynamic fixed income portfoliosFIRST HEARD 10 SEP
Inflation reset threatens current equity multiplesFIRST HEARD 18 AUG
Economic value accrues to frontier AI labsFIRST HEARD 11 AUG
AI capex as large as WWII spendingFIRST HEARD 31 JUL
Bonds as portfolio ballast for income and safetyFIRST HEARD 29 JUL
Latest attributed ideas · most recent first
24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
AI cycle more powerful than dot-com
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Large caps with free cash flow as AI winners
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Meta's pivot to AI a bullish courage play
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Apple an AI laggard, hardware headwinds
SHOWS SPLIT15 SHOWS · NOT ALL ON THE SAME SIDEAAPLOpen in Zortix →
24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
AI funding windows must stay open
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Large AI IPOs force portfolio rotation
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Tesla-SpaceX combo rationale: tech reuse
SHOWS SPLIT9 SHOWS · NOT ALL ON THE SAME SIDETSLAOpen in Zortix →
24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Geopolitical and macro headwinds for tech
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Next-gen chip architecture a moat for leaders
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24 OCT3D AGOBaird's Tech Strategist Says This Isn't 2000. So Why Is He Warning Against Buying the Dip?
Sector rotation risk in stagflation
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
Large cash reserves as sleep-at-night money
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
No single optimal portfolio for everyone
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
The five-capital framework for holistic wealth
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
Paid-off mortgages for stability over optimization
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
Alternatives and complex products often unnecessary
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
Entrepreneurs invest heavily in their own businesses
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23 OCT4D AGOHe Asked 25 Finance Pros How They Invest Their Own Money: Brian Portnoy on What the Models Get Wrong
Bucketing strategies link assets to life goals
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
RACWI's fundamental momentum beats price momentum
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Quant community's flawed backtest reliance
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Index inclusion creates a forced, lucrative bid
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Value factor poised for mean reversion
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
AI revolution real but leaders priced for perfection
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Capitalizing R&D doubles value factor efficacy
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
AI's biggest winners will be the users, not builders
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
S&P 500 concentration driven by revaluation, not fundamentals
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
AI infrastructure shift to capital-heavy utility model
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
AI value chain pricing inconsistency
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Win-win mindset as the key business moat
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Hidden cost of indexing is ~25 bps annually
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21 OCT6D AGORob Arnott on the Hidden Costs of Passive Investing and the Real Winners From AI
Technical moats like patents are fragile
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