The data set for Figure 1 was derived from the Ken French Data Library.

FORBES: Value Stocks are in the Eye of the Beholder

In 1992, Eugene Fama and Ken French outlined the importance of analyzing multiple risk factors when attempting to explain portfolio performance.

FORBES: No Free Lunch from Alternative Indexes

Gene Fama and Ken French popularized this methodology for investors during the 1990s by introducing the Fama-French Three-Factor Model.

FORBES: Beat the Market with Small-Cap Value Stocks

Famed academics Gene Fama and Ken French enjoy the stability of book value and this leads them to high book-to-market companies (high BtM).

FORBES: Value Stocks are in the Eye of the Beholder

This is an efficient market view and it is supported by well-known academics Eugene Fama and Ken French, creators of the Fama-French Three Factor Model.

FORBES: Value Stocks and Dividends

Subsequent research by Gene Fama and Ken French demonstrated that tilting a portfolio toward small companies and value (distressed) companies offers the opportunity for increased returns over the global market.

FORBES: How Much International?

This finding is confirmed by 30 years of research, ranging from "behaviorists" such as Robert Shiller and Richard Thaler to "efficient marketers" such as Eugene Fama and Ken French, to "economists" such as John Campbell and myself.

WSJ: Is Now the Time to Buy Stocks?

The nuances are still there, but are reflected less in the words but the rhythm and intonation of sentences - the west coast "n'at" - stems principally from Gaelic, whereas the east coast "ken" from the French.

BBC: Glaswegian goes east