This paper examines the profitability and diversification benefits of momentum strategies in commodity futures markets. The results indicate that momentum strategies on the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) futures provide positive abnormal returns for short and intermediate time horizons....

Revenue enhancement and value creation are core issues of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Revenue enhancing synergy associated with cross-industry M&A is supported by Asian emerging markets. Both within-industry M&A and cross-industry M&A deals realise significant positive abnormal returns. The...

In the field of optimisation models for passive investments, we propose a general portfolio construction model based on principal component analysis. The portfolio is designed to replicate the first principal component of a group of stocks, instead of a traditional benchmark, thus capturing only...

This study uses factor analysis to simplify the complex relationships among stock markets and to reduce the number of markets required for portfolio construction. Our sample consists of the US and 11 Asia-Pacific stock markets. We find that the reduced portfolio obtained from factor analysis has...

Modern portfolio theory suggests that the best strategy to reduce portfolio risk is to diversify internationally rather than nationally. However, despite the gains from international portfolio diversification investors still overweight their portfolios with the domestic assets. This is referred...

Research suggests that informational differences, including familiarity with domestic securities, underlie home equity bias. We suggest that home bias can arise more subtly. The bias may simply occur because individuals are more comfortable with domestic companies, irrespective of information or...

Modern portfolio theory suggests that the best strategy to reduce portfolio risk is to diversify internationally rather than nationally. However, despite the gains from international portfolio diversification investors still overweight their portfolios with the domestic assets. This is referred...