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Market (In)Efficiency and beating the market

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 25, 2026January 27, 2026
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

Behavioral inefficiencies are likely the most enduring because human nature has not changed much over time and is unlikely to change much in the future.

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Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

In effect they acknowledge that going down the Capital Asset Pricing Model rabbit hole with Alice did not get them to Wonderland. Their solution is to go further down the same rabbit hole. 

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Cliff Asness, Wall Street sharks and market inefficiency

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 8, 2024September 9, 2024
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Markets now exhibit far more casino-like behavior than they did when I was young. The casino now resides in many homes and daily tempts the occupants.

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Market value – a misleading contradiction in terms

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 19, 2024May 19, 2024
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest – whether it be bridge, chess, or stock selection – than to have opponents who have been taught that thinking is a waste of energy?

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How the stock market reacts to news

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

With so many people waiting for others to make the first move, it’s amazing that anything gets bought.

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