Tag Archives: Quantitative Equity Investing

Dedicated short bias strategy

In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (Bayes Business School, MSc. Energy, Trade & Finance, 2021-2022) presents the dedicated short bias strategy. The strategy holds a net short position, which implies more shorts (selling) than long (buying) positions. The objective of the … Continue reading

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Quantitative equity investing

In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (Bayes Business School, MSc. Energy, Trade & Finance, 2021-2022) elaborates on the concept of quantitative equity investing, a type of investment approach in the equity trading space. This article follows the following structure: we introduce … Continue reading

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Long-short equity strategy

In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (Bayes Business School, MSc. Energy, Trade & Finance, 2021-2022) presents the long-short equity strategy, one of pioneer strategies in the hedge fund industry. The goal of the long-short equity investment strategy is to buy undervalued … Continue reading

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Smart Beta 1.0

In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (ESSEC Business School, Global Bachelor of Business Administration, 2017-2021) presents the concept of the smart beta 1.0, the first generation of alternative indexing investment strategies that created a new approach in the asset management industry. … Continue reading

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Alternative to market-capitalization weighting strategies

In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (ESSEC Business School, Global Bachelor of Business Administration, 2017-2021) presents the different alternatives developed to the market-capitalization weighting strategy (buy-and-hold strategy). The structure of this post is as follows: we begin by introducing alternatives to … Continue reading

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Smart Beta strategies: between active and passive allocation

Smart Beta strategies: between active and passive allocation In this article, Youssef LOURAOUI (ESSEC Business School, Global Bachelor of Business Administration, 2017-2021) discusses the topic of smart beta strategies and especially the debate about its position as an active or … Continue reading

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