Edward N. W. Aw, John Q. Jiang, David W. Rossmiller
{"title":"Can Convertible Bond Index Risk-Adjusted Return Characteristics Be Replicated?","authors":"Edward N. W. Aw, John Q. Jiang, David W. Rossmiller","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2024.1.230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2024.1.230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"117 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139614287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging Topics in Family Offices","authors":"Michael Kosnitzky, Andrew L. Dworkin","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2024.1.229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2024.1.229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"13 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139527396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Tom Brady “Greatest of All Time” Effect and Its Impact on the Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor","authors":"Thomas M. Krueger","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2024.1.228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2024.1.228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"46 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139532179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Pomante, Vincenzo Farina, Paolo Antonio Cucurachi
{"title":"A “Plug-and-Play,” Goal-Based, Dynamic Asset Allocation Model with Genetic Algorithms","authors":"U. Pomante, Vincenzo Farina, Paolo Antonio Cucurachi","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2024.1.227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2024.1.227","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139532575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market Timing, Selectivity, and Performance of Real Estate Mutual Funds","authors":"Davinder K. Malhotra","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2024.1.226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2024.1.226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139533451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Searching for Market-Outperforming ESG-Equity Mutual Funds","authors":"Wenhui Li, Anthony Loviscek","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2023.1.225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2023.1.225","url":null,"abstract":"Interest in ESG-fund investing has been rising robustly in the 21st century. Collective performance, however, has mostly trailed that of broad market indexes, with records of outperformance being limited to hindsight. Out-of-sample track records, or those “in foresight,” are scant. Given these observations, this article searches for US ESG-equity mutual funds that have track records of outperformance in foresight. The period is from 2005 through 2021. The analysis is based on 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year out-of-sample holding periods, with mutual fund portfolios constructed from the Black-Litterman model. Eight outperforming funds emerge out of a sample of 104, providing a starting point for wealth managers and investors.","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"18 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135322536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Australian Pension Investment Decisions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Pension Switch Data","authors":"Mark Brimble, Ellana Loy, Kirsten MacDonald","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2023.1.224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2023.1.224","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the switches in defined contribution plan investment options made by investors in the lead-up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use switch timing, short-term outcomes, and investor characteristics to determine who is more and less likely to make investment decisions with seemingly “better” or “worse” outcomes. Utilizing a sample of more than 40,000 changes in asset allocations (switching decisions), we investigate the volume and timing of switch outcomes to assess the efficacy of financial decision-making during the pandemic. We find that both the risk of “worse” switches and the volume of transactions increased, along with a greater proportion of negative outcomes. Investors’ age and gender were influencing factors, with older and female investors experiencing significantly poorer switch outcomes. Additionally, perceived urgency in relation to decision-making during the crisis, combined with particular investor characteristics, may have worsened investor outcomes. We call on fund trustees and policymakers to consider strategies to support investors in making more effective switch decisions.","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"BME-25 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135316249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Much Artificial Intelligence Do Robo-Advisors Really Use?","authors":"Christian Thier, Daniel dos Santos Monteiro","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2023.1.223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2023.1.223","url":null,"abstract":"To understand how and why robo-advisors implement artificial intelligence (AI), we use evidence from structured interviews with C-level executives from a large group of robo-advisors. We find that robo-advisors see more potential in sales and client directed areas than in portfolio management. This finding can be explained by the business side of robo-advisory. Actual implementation of AI, on the other hand, seems to be driven by workability and not by potential. The level of engagement in AI is higher for companies that focus on portfolio management; a focus on other areas does not significantly influence engagement in AI. Portfolio management is also the area where AI initiatives are most advanced. Even though robo-advisors attach moderate to substantial importance to AI and concrete measures toward AI implementation are noticeable rather broadly, so far only a minority actually use AI. The main obstacles for AI implementation as perceived by the management are budget restrictions, unclear value-added, lack of experts, and regulatory hurdles. Furthermore, the noticeable hindrance for AI seems to be largely market-driven hesitancy as opposed to concrete difficulties.","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136060476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Target Date Funds, Mis-Sold and Misused","authors":"Rob Brown","doi":"10.3905/jwm.2023.1.222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2023.1.222","url":null,"abstract":"Target Date Funds (TDFs) are portfolios with a pre-defined end date, the so-called “target date,” and the essential attribute that they reduce their allocation to stocks with the passage of time. The proposition upon which TDFs are both sold and bought is that investors benefit from the consistent reduction in portfolio risk as investors progress toward the end of their applicable investment time horizon. The manufacturers of TDFs have a clear and unambiguous motivation to develop an appealing story and associated product that encapsulates said story, so as to grow their assets under management. The pension plan sponsor’s motivation is to provide investment options that protect it from regulatory and litigation risk. Unfortunately, the data offer a different reality. The data support the conclusion that investors are harmed by the use of TDFs when sufficient time diversification is present, resulting from a sufficient number of relatively equal-sized contributions and/or withdrawals evenly dispersed over time. Specifically, the analysis shows that 1) the use of precious metals remains unattractive for investment time periods of 12.5 years and longer, 2) optimal starting allocations of 100% stocks remain preferable for investment time periods of 5 years and longer, and 3) the use of TDFs remains significantly harmful to investors’ wellbeing for periods of 15 years and longer. The causality driving these results is both simple and straightforward. First, bonds and precious metals impose a severe return penalty on the investor. The geometric mean returns are −72% and −87% proportionately lower than for stocks, respectively. Second, bonds and precious metals impose extended (many decade-long) episodic eras of negative returns, unlike stocks. Third, time diversification applicable to circumstances where contributions and/or withdrawals of relatively equal size occur over extended time periods and with high frequency make the use of bonds, precious metals, and TDFs purely redundant and non-contributive.","PeriodicalId":175460,"journal":{"name":"The journal of wealth management","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135063239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}