The Fine Art of Efficient Investing

Chasing after returns and timing the market won’t earn you substantial returns, much less generate systematic outperformance. What looked to be attractive returns turn out to be optical illusions: they don’t adequately reflect the risks involved after all. To succeed in the stock market, what are needed are a transparent, efficient investment strategy and iron discipline rather than nerves of steel. One of the most promising strategies delivering the best risk-adjusted return is the minimum variance strategy. It does so by optimizing a basket of stocks to generate the lowest-possible portfolio variance.