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We introduce a new class of momentum strategies, the risk-adjusted time series momentum (RAMOM) strategies, which are … how these volatility measures can be used for risk management. We find that momentum risk management significantly … increases Sharpe ratios, but at the same time may lead to more pronounced negative skewness and tail risk. Furthermore, momentum …
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This article analyzes the effect of liquidity risk on the performance of various hedge fund portfolio strategies …. Similarly to Avramov et al. (2007), we find that, before accounting for the effect of liquidity risk, hedge fund portfolios that … dramatically for six out of ten hedge fund style-based portfolios once we account for liquidity risk. Hence, for most hedge fund …
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We assess the ability of different risk profiling measures to predict risk taking along a multi-stage decision process …. The latter involves decisions under ambiguity, decisions under risk, decisions after gaining experience and decisions … after receiving outcome information on previous decisions. We find that in all decisions risk taking can be predicted by …
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Using trading data from a sports-wagering market, we estimate individuals' dynamic risk preferences within the prospect …
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In this paper we present a two period model, where the agent's preferences are described by prospect theory as proposed by Kahneman and Tversky. We solve for the agent's portfolio decision. Our findings are that the changes in portfolio weights depend crucially on the reference point and the...
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We report strong evidence that changes of momentum, i.e. "acceleration", defined as the first difference of successive returns, provide better performance and higher explanatory power than momentum. The corresponding Γ-factor explains the momentum-sorted portfolios entirely but not the reverse....
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tests of performance suffer from the look-ahead benchmark bias, when they use the assets constituting the benchmarks of …-ahead benchmark bias can exhibit a surprisingly large amplitude for portfolios of common stocks (up to 8% annum for the Samp;P500 … running top 500 US capitalizations to demonstrate that this bias can account for a gross overestimation of performance metrics …
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We build a macroeconomic model for Switzerland, the Euro Area, and the USA that drives the dynamics of several asset classes and the liabilities of a representative Swiss (defined-contribution) pension fund. This encompassing approach allows us to generate correlations between returns on assets...
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This article aims to investigate the similarity of public and private real estate returns and risks over the relatively long horizon using data for the U.S and the U.K. The results show evidence of a one-to-one relationship between publicly traded REIT performance and privately traded direct...
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We implement a long-horizon static and dynamic portfolio allocation involving a risk-free and a risky asset. This model …
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