Market timing, when properly understood as trading based on conditional expectations rather than forecasting, can be an effective strategy for generating superior risk-adjusted returns. We look at a ...

In 2007, Man Group set up a unique joint venture with Oxford University, the Oxford-Man Institute. Since then, our campus in Oxford has flourished, now comprising dozens of researchers under the ...

Evidence suggests that the average annual return from stocks over the next 10 years will be very low, prompting an investor shift from buy-and-hold to market timing. Graphs show a high correlation ...

Back in the day, there were two immediate reasons not to time the stock market by exiting when prospects seemed dim and reentering after they brightened. The causes were costs and taxes. Stock trades ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...