{"id":123,"date":"2015-08-24T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2015-08-24T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:27:48","slug":"bad-habits-and-good-decisions-aqr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/bad-habits-and-good-decisions-aqr\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad habits and good decisions (AQR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqr.com\/library\/aqr-publications\/alternative-thinking-bad-habits-and-good-practices\" target=\"_blank\">Third Quarter 2014<\/a> publication of Alternative Thinking, AQR discusses how our behavioral biases as investors can affect potential returns.\u00a0The entire article is an excellent read and focuses on\u00a0return chasing, under-diversification, and comfort-seeking while selecting investments.<\/p>\n<p>Two particular biases of institutional investing from the publication that are interesting to highlight are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Strategic asset allocation decisions tend to chase returns, resulting in underperformance<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" data-attachment-id=\"125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/bad-habits-and-good-decisions-aqr\/screenshot-2015-08-24-11-08-16\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?fit=700%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Target Weights chases returns\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pension funds overweight high performing assets and underweight underperforming assets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Asset allocation policy chases returns (Source: AQR)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?fit=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?fit=700%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?resize=273%2C300\" alt=\"Asset allocation policy chases returns (Source: AQR)\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?resize=500%2C549&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.16.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asset allocation policy chases returns (Source: AQR)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Firing managers for underperformance and hiring managers that have recently outperformed can result in a loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" data-attachment-id=\"124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/bad-habits-and-good-decisions-aqr\/screenshot-2015-08-24-11-08-44\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?fit=704%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"704,556\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Plan Sponsor&amp;#8217;s Hire and Fire Decisions\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;From AQR&amp;#8217;s Alternative Thinking, past performance is not an indicator of future performance&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Manager Hire\/Fire decisions (Source: AQR )&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?fit=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?fit=704%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?resize=300%2C237\" alt=\"Manager Hire\/Fire decisions (Source: AQR )\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?resize=500%2C395&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-24-11.08.44.png?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manager Hire\/Fire decisions (Source: AQR )<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its Third Quarter 2014 publication of Alternative Thinking, AQR discusses how our behavioral biases as investors can affect potential returns.\u00a0The entire article is an excellent read and focuses on\u00a0return chasing, under-diversification, and comfort-seeking while selecting investments. Two particular biases <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/bad-habits-and-good-decisions-aqr\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asset-allocation","category-behavior"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6zs9k-1Z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focus262.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}