The market has recently experienced record low levels of realized volatility and the VIX™ (volatility index) has fallen to historic lows. Moreover, the incredibly popular [...]
Some things in life are naturally made for each other. Some examples include the following: Peanut Butter and Jelly Starsky & Hutch Value and Momentum [...]
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. — Albert Einstein Machine learning is everywhere now, from self-driving cars to [...]
Title: DOES PAST PERFORMANCE MATTER IN INVESTMENT MANAGER SELECTION? Authors: BRADFORD CORNELL, JASON HSU, and DAVID NANIGIAN Publication: JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, SUMMER 2017 (paper ) What are [...]
Now that the Federal Reserve has begun the process of raising interest rates, and has announced their intention to begin to unwind their policy of [...]
Title: GENDER AND CONNECTIONS AMONG WALL STREET ANALYSTS Authors: LILY FANG AND STERLING HUANG Publication: THE REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES, V.30, SEPTEMBER 2017 (version here) What are the [...]
Title: WHAT DIFFERENCE DO DIVIDENDS MAKE? Authors: C. Mitchell Conover, CFA, CIPM, Gerald R. Jensen, CFA and Marc W. Simpson, CFA Publication: Financial Analysts Journal, [...]
Title: RETAIL FINANCIAL ADVICE: DOES ONE SIZE FITS ALL? Authors: FOERSTER S., LINNAINMAA J.T., MELZER B.T., PREVITERO A. Publication: JOURNAL OF FINANCE, V.72, AUGUST 2017 (version here ) What [...]
In their seminal 1993 paper, “Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: Implications for Stock Market Efficiency,” Narasimhan Jegadeesh and Sheridan Titman reported significant returns [...]
Title: OVERREACTION AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF RETURNS: INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE Authors: Douglas W. Blackburn, Nusret Cakici Publication: Journal of Empirical Finance 42 (2017) 1-14 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2800188 What [...]
Title: ABUSING ETFs Authors: UTPAL BHATTACHARYA, BENJAMIN LOOS, STEFFEN MEYER, ANDREAS HACKETAL Publication: REVIEW OF FINANCE, VOL.21, 2017 (version here) What are the research questions? [...]
Title: Factor Investing in the Bond Market Authors: Patrick Houweling and Jeroen van Zundert Publication: Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2017 (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2516322) What [...]
In our context, a technical trading indicator can be considered as a combination of a specific technical trading rule with a particular moving average of [...]
Similar to some better-known factors like size and value, time-series momentum is a factor that historically has demonstrated above average excess returns. Time-series momentum, also called trend-momentum or absolute momentum, is measured by a portfolio long assets that have had recent positive returns and short assets that have had recent negative returns. Compare this to the traditional (cross-sectional) momentum factor that considers recent asset performance only relative to other assets. The academic evidence suggests that inclusion of a strategy targeting time-series momentum in a portfolio improves the portfolio’s risk-adjusted returns.
The folks at AQR are top-notch researchers and have written a ton of great papers. Some of their more famous papers are the following: Value [...]
In this article we discuss what the academic research says about ETF trading spreads and premiums. INEFFICIENCIES IN THE PRICING OF EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS ANTTI [...]
Like many advisors, I often find myself reviewing accounts and historical performance for clients and prospects with investments at other firms. Of course I see [...]
Title: MONONATIONALS: THE DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN COMPANIES WITH NO FOREIGN SALES Authors: CORMAC MULLEN AND JENNY BERRILL Publication: FINANCIAL ANALYST JOURNAL, II Q 2017 (version here) What [...]
In this post we aim to give an overview of some specific types of moving averages. Specifically, we cover "ordinary" moving averages and mention some examples of exotic moving averages.
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