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Short Interest Factor Performance in Times of Crisis 

Given recent short interest factor performance, we asked: What has been the relationship between this factor and large market drawdowns? Were there changes in short selling during COVID-19? Did short-selling bans affect short interest factor performance?

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Did insider transactions have secrets to tell? 

Company insiders’ trading of their company’s stock is usually subject to strict rules, including public disclosure. Did observing insider transactions provide more information about expected company performance than traditional sources?

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Factors in Focus: Navigating turbulent markets 

In this inaugural Factors in Focus, we highlight the fast-moving rotation among factors that may have impacted investor portfolios during 2018, and we look to indications from our adaptive multi-factor framework. As 2019 began, this framework showed an overweight allocation to minimum volatility and quality, an underweight allocation to value, low size and momentum, and a neutral position on high dividend yield relative to a six-factor equally-weighted mix.