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The Return That Actually Matters: Ray Carroll on Finding Tax Alpha
Investors spend an enormous amount of time thinking about returns. They compare managers, debate fees, chase a few…
August 7, 2026
The Tax Alpha Gap: 260 Basis Points Hiding in Plain Sight
Ray Carroll, Managing Director and CIO, Neuberger Berman Breton Hill Quantitative Investing, makes the case that the after-tax return is the only number that matters and explains why the industry's habit of ignoring it is costing taxable investors dearly.
August 4, 2026
The Conviction Gap: What Most Advisor Portfolios Are Missing at the Core
Most advisor portfolios mistake active weight for manager conviction. Franklin Templeton's five-factor core equity suite fixes that, starting with a proprietary conviction signal that extracts what managers actually believe.
Direct indexing: What exactly is it and why are so many talking about it?
by Kevin Knowles & Michael McAleer, Russell Investments The term direct indexing is somewhat of a misnomer. After…
January 27, 2022