Essentia’s 12 Quotes of Christmas
Το celebrate this year’s holiday season, here are 12 pieces of timeless wisdom for your investment decision-making in 2020 and beyond.
The Link Between Decision-Making and Investment Returns
Our new paper describes the relationship between investment skill and returns – and could revolutionize portfolio manager evaluation.
Five Reasons to Discuss Decision Attribution Analysis With Your Team Now
It’s in everybody’s interest to focus on investment decision-making skill. Here's why you should start the conversation with your team now -- and how to do it.
The Next Big Metric: Decision-Making Skill
Watch our five-minute video to learn how it works.
The Continuity of Investment Decision-Making Skill
Unlike past portfolio performance, this measure of investment decision-making skill exhibits a statistically-significant relationship into the future.
The Problem With Performance Attribution
It’s the standard for reporting, but when it comes to identifying actual decision-making skill — whether you’re a portfolio manager or an allocator of capital — performance attribution leaves a lot to be desired. But there’s an alternative: decision attribution.
Full Transparency Is a Must in This Market
In today’s market environment, investors are seeking openness and a thoughtful plan for future improvement — not past perfection.
Presenting Your Strengths in a Weak Market
How do you show investors your prudence and discipline in managing their capital when your performance-based metrics don’t tell a great story?
Can Traditional Active Fund Management Be Saved?
Active managers need to start incorporating the lessons of behavioral science if they have a chance of reversing the flow of assets into passive investment vehicles.
The Essential Summer Reading List
We've updated our popular guide to behavioral science literature, adding some exciting new titles, handy subject categories, and the pick of our team's favorite reads. Happy reading!