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In this week’s Science of Investing, Cameron and host Jason McIntyre discuss 2 studies, and also the buyout of Claymore ETFs by Blackrock. 

The first study looks at the correlation of IQ and how much one invests in stocks, and the second looks at the success of investing in IPOs.

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In this week’s Science of Investing, Cameron and host Jason McIntyre discuss The January Effect, what it means, and whether it really exists.  

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Excess expected return from small cap and value stocks has long been documented. What has been debated at length is what is the reason for these effects.

In this week’s Science of Investing, Cameron and host Jason McIntyre discuss a new study that looks at the level of distress that a company is under, and whether that distress explains the excess returns. 

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In this week’s Science of Investing, Cameron and host Jason McIntyre discuss a number ideas that you can use as part of your year-end planning.  These include trading ideas in your portfolio, as well as financial planning ideas for your RRSP and RESP.

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In a rational world with information fully priced into securities, you would not expect that stock prices to have momentum.  However there is much academic research demonstrating that the momentum effect is a very powerful force in explaining portfolio returns.

In this week’s Science of Investing Cameron discusses this phenomenon with host Jason McIntyre, and a recent academic paper that shows that this effect has been less prevalent during the past decade.
 

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