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  • Nov 5, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Samuel Potter |Denitsa Tsekova

    Wealthfront Inc. is closing its risk parity fund after years of poor performance, marking the end of an uphill battle to offer the sophisticated strategy to the masses. The digital-wealth management firm said in a Monday filing that the Wealthfront Risk Parity Fund will be liquidated and dissolved on or about January 3.

  • Oct 24, 2024 | smh.com.au | Samuel Potter

    By Sam Potter October 25, 2024 — 6.24am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. John McQuown, who started a $US12 trillion ($18 trillion) financial revolution with the creation of the first index fund, has died. He was 90. He died on Tuesday, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors, a pioneering quant-investing firm where he was a founding director. No further details were available.

  • Oct 23, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Samuel Potter

    John McQuown, who started a $12 trillion financial revolution with the creation of the first index fund, has died. He was 90. He died on Tuesday, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors, a pioneering quant-investing firm where he was a founding director. No further details were available. David Booth, founder of the Austin-based firm, called McQuown a “true giant in the field of finance.”

  • Sep 4, 2024 | financialpost.com | Samuel Potter |Justina Lee

    Index investing, ultra-low interest rates and social media are all potential suspectsAuthor of the article:Bloomberg NewsSam Potter and Justina LeePublished Sep 04, 2024  •  Last updated 9 minutes ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Clifford Asness, president and managing principal of AQR Capital Management LLC, speaks during a television interview in New York, U.S., on Oct. 7, 2010.

  • Sep 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Samuel Potter |Justina Lee

    (Bloomberg) -- Cliff Asness says he sounds like an “old man whinging,” but that’s not stopping him from writing 23 pages on his latest thesis: Financial markets these days aren’t what they were.

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