All articles from Larry Swedroe

The Hidden Risk on Company Balance Sheets

Firms loaded with goodwill and intangible assets have quietly underperformed.

Understanding How Past Returns Drive Trading Volume—and What It Means for Your Portfolio

Wen-I Chuang, Yun-Huan Lee, Rauli Susmel, and Tsung-Li Wang, authors of the January 2026 study “Investors’ Trading on Past Returns and their Trading Impact on Stock Returns,” shed light on the questio

Why the Private Credit Boom Isn’t the Next 2008

For all the anxiety in the financial press about private credit — especially amid a spate of redemption headlines — much of the commentary overstates the systemic risk.

Cracking the Code: A Quantitative Approach to Biotech Investing

Biotech investing has always been treacherous terrain—and for good reason.

Momentum Trading Meets AI

What Works and What Doesn’t

Understanding What Really Drives Expected Investment Returns

New Insights from Institutional Investors

Private Credit Under the Microscope: How to Evaluate the Recent Coverage of Cliffwater’s CCLFX

A framework for separating fact, context, and legitimate concern

First Quarter 2026 Economic & Market Review and Outlook

Global markets opened 2026 confronting a sobering macro shock: the Iran war.

Alpha Isn’t Dead. You’ve Just Been Measuring It Wrong

New research shows smarter portfolio construction—not new factors—is the real edge.