Improving the Quality Factor by Incorporating Intangible Intensity
In this paper we explain the answer to the question of if intangibles can be used to improve the performance of the quality factor.
How factor exposure changes over time: a study of Information Decay
Factor strategies need to be rebalanced in order to maintain their factor exposure. But different factors decay at different rates and this affects how they should be rebalanced. For example, momentum needs to be rebalanced more than value. This study digs into these questions.
Merger Arbitrage as Diversification Strategy
Merger arbitrage is an investment style in which investors seek to buy shares of firms that are acquisition targets with the objective of realizing the difference between the amount for which the target is being acquired and the stock price of the target shortly after the acquisition is announced. The stock price of the target company typically sells below the acquisition price, reflecting the uncertainty of the deal being completed (the arbitrage spread). Betting on mergers is a classic hedge fund arbitrage strategy.
Trend-Following Filters – Part 6
This article analyzes six trend-following indicators from a digital signal processing (DSP) frequency domain perspective in which the indicators are considered as digital filters and their frequency response characteristics are determined.
Global Factor Performance: April 2023
Standardized Performance Factor Performance Factor Exposures Factor Premiums Factor Attribution Factor Data Downloads
Index Investing and the Informational Efficiency of Stock Prices
This article studies whether index investing has implications for the informational efficiency of stock prices.
Combining Reversals with Time-Series Momentum Strategies
Jiadong Liu and Fotis Papailias contribute to the momentum literature with their study “Time Series Reversal in Trend-Following Strategies,” published in the January 2023 issue of “European Financial Management,” in which they examined the reversal property of various financial assets.
Wes Discusses Value Investing Foundations with Isaiah Douglass
On this week's episode, Isaiah is joined by expert Dr. Wesley Gray, CEO of Alpha Architects, to discuss the concepts of value ???? investing.
How Did the FTX collapse Affect Traditional Assets?
In this study, the impact of the FTX collapse and bankruptcy is investigated across global financial markets.
DIY Trend-Following Allocations: April 2023
Partial exposure to domestic equities. Partial exposure to international equities. No exposure to REITs. No exposure to commodities. Partial exposure to intermediate-term bonds.
Is a Naive 1/N Diversification Strategy Efficient?
A simple 1/N factor diversification strategy will likely be at least as efficient as more “sophisticated” versions.
Call for speakers: Need quants with good ideas
This is an opportunity to get an all-expense paid trip (plus a stipend) to visit Australia! I'm sure one of our readers is qualified to deliver an excellent discussion for my friends in Melbourne.
Institutional Investors’ Impact on Factor Premiums
For anomalies that are risk-based, that is what we should expect to see because, while risk cannot be arbitraged away, cash flows can reduce the size of the premium. For the anomalies that are behavioral based, it appears that limits to arbitrage are still sufficient to allow them to persist post-publication.
Comparing past and present inflation rates can be tricky
The objective of this article is to build better estimates of CPI headline and core inflation values so inflation comparisons over time are more reliable. The run-up in inflation we are currently experiencing is difficult to contextualize because it is inconsistent with past practices, weights on expenditures have changed, and the treatment of housing costs.
Research and Development, Expected Profitability, and Expected Returns
Regardless of the model used, an anomaly for all models is that the empirical evidence demonstrates that stocks with high research and development (R&D) expenses have delivered a premium.
Artificial Intelligence: the Past, the Present and the Future
This article examines the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We examine its history with an eye toward what it may mean for the world in years to come.
Are Short Covering Trades Informative?
The importance of the role played by short sellers has received increasing academic attention in recent years. Short sellers help keep market prices efficient by preventing overpricing and the formation of price bubbles in financial markets. Market efficiency is important because an efficient market allocates capital efficiently. If short sellers were inhibited from expressing their views on valuations, securities prices could become overvalued and excess capital would be allocated to those firms.
Compression: Can the Value Spread Expand Forever?
We believe owning deep-value stocks is potentially interesting at these valuation peaks. But as I said in the previous two times I wrote this, the spread can get more extreme. At some point, we'd like to stop talking about the valuation spread and its potential effect on forward expected returns...and see that spread COMPRESS!
Global Factor Performance: March 2023
Standardized Performance Factor Performance Factor Exposures Factor Premiums Factor Attribution Factor Data Downloads
Can We Improve Momentum Factor Investing via Salience Theory?
The contribution of salience theory to the theory of asset pricing turns out to be quite a profitable insight for momentum strategies.