I think you can avoid LOSING money despite the massive powers of the quants, but you you have to do it with very simple, conservative actions based on the actions of masses of people.
For instance buying a rental apartment in a state college town. The state can't close down that college, it costs too much to move it, and students need housing-- there's no real substitute and the town won't let them all start living in RVs.
Quants can't create a formula the obviates the need for someplace to live, and it's pretty hard for them to stop people from going to McDonalds. You could try to leverage a food poisoning incident into a negative publicity thing, but there would be a counter-movement of people who like McD.
Also, you can depend on the bad taste and basic biological short term orientation of the masses. Investing in McDonalds is fairly solid.
Or other dividend aristocrats with good free cash flow and lack of any horrible obsoleting tech on the horizon.
For instance buying a rental apartment in a state college town. The state can't close down that college, it costs too much to move it, and students need housing-- there's no real substitute and the town won't let them all start living in RVs.
Quants can't create a formula the obviates the need for someplace to live, and it's pretty hard for them to stop people from going to McDonalds. You could try to leverage a food poisoning incident into a negative publicity thing, but there would be a counter-movement of people who like McD.
Also, you can depend on the bad taste and basic biological short term orientation of the masses. Investing in McDonalds is fairly solid.
Or other dividend aristocrats with good free cash flow and lack of any horrible obsoleting tech on the horizon.