An absolute return strategy aims to build a return stream that is agnostic to overall market direction, often called market neutral, though true market neutrality is not predictive going forward—zero beta historically doesn't guarantee zero beta forward.
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Jacob PizárEvidence Quote
“we try to build a return stream that is agnostic to Market Direction...I I'm very wary of calling strategies like these Market neutral because even when you uh uh build a strategy that has a zero beta um it is zero beta going backwards it's not zero beta going forwards”
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Redefining Value Investing in a Magnificent Seven Dominated World | Jacob Pozharny— Excess ReturnsCreated: 8/11/2026, 6:50:32 AM
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