Foreword XIII
John C. Bogle
Preface I XV
Cliff Asness
Preface II xxi
David Kabiller
Preface III xxv
John Liew
Overview: From Research to Implementation xxIX
Antti Ilmanen, Ronen Israel, Toby Moskowitz, and Lasse Pedersen
Part I Challenging Conventional Thinking
Chapter 1: The Great Divide 3
Clifford Asness and John Liew
Chapter 2: My Top 10 Peeves 17
Clifford Asness
Chapter 3: Buffett’s Alpha 31
Andrea Frazzini, David Kabiller, and Lasse Pedersen
Part II A sset Allocation: Diversify, Diversify,
Diversify
Chapter 4: Why Not 100% Equities 61
Clifford Asness
Chapter 5: The 5 Percent Solution 71
Clifford Asness and Antti Ilmanen
Part III To Time or Not to Time
Chapter 6: Bubble Logic 85
Clifford Asness
Chapter 7: Fight the Fed Model 131
Clifford Asness
Chapter 8: Style Timing: Value versus Growth 149
Clifford Asness, Jacques Friedman, Robert Krail, and John Liew
Part IV Demystifying Hedge Fund Strategies
Chapter 9: Do Hedge Funds Hedge? 167
Clifford Asness, Robert Krail, and John Liew
Chapter 10: Characteristics of Risk and Return in Risk Arbitrage 191
Mark Mitchell and Todd Pulvino
Chapter 11: An Alternative Future: Part I 229
Clifford Asness
Part V Pioneering Factor Investing
Chapter 12: Time Series Momentum 245
Tobias Moskowitz, Yao Hua Ooi, and Lasse Pedersen
Chapter 13: Value and Momentum Everywhere 285
Clifford Asness, Tobias Moskowitz, and Lasse Pedersen
Chapter 14: Betting Against Beta 339
Andrea Frazzini and Lasse Pedersen
Chapter 15: Common Factors in Corporate Bond Returns 383
Ronen Israel, Diogo Palhares, and Scott Richardson
Chapter 16: Size Matters If You Control Your Junk 415
Clifford Asness, Andrea Frazzini, Ronen Israel, Tobias
Moskowitz, and Lasse Pedersen
Part VI Taking Research to the Real World
Chapter 17: The Devil in HML’s Details 467
Clifford Asness and Andrea Frazzini
Chapter 18: Fact, Fiction, and Momentum Investing 495
Clifford Asness, Andrea Frazzini, Ronen Israel,and Tobias Moskowitz
