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Employing asset-pricing models over the period 2012 to 2017, this study examines whether a search attention index (SAI …
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improvements. The present paper seeks to contribute to this evolution, focusing on the “Global Risk Appetite Index” (GRAI) class of …
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Using a comprehensive dataset of first, second and third generation commodity indices, we investigate the potential diversification benefits in equity-bond portfolios. The results show that first generation commodity indices are outperformed by enhanced indices. Second generation indices provide...
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We empirically examine the effects of index investing using predictions derived from a Grossman-Stiglitz framework. An … increase in index investing leads to lower information production as measured by Google searches, EDGAR views, and analyst … choose to be informed active traders whenever it is profitable. As index investing increases there are fewer informed active …
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We investigate the long-term performance of firms added to or deleted from the Hang Seng Index from 1986 to 2008. The … stocks newly deleted from the Hang Seng Index have abnormal returns over a 5-year holding period and the newly added stocks …
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tool is needed. Developed by Peter Martin in 1987, the Ulcer Index measures the human stress of holding a stock. Ulcer … Index is a volatility measure that only captures continuous downside movements in share price, and ignores upside volatility …. The more continuous and prolonged the drawdown, the higher the index and the more likely investing in it will cause ulcers …
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well. Results confirm a presence of patterns (momentum or contrarian) in industry index portfolio strategies and explain a …
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We focus on the stock selection step of the index tracking problem in passive investment management and incorporate … tracking portfolio in each period. We apply the proposed procedure using the popular cointegration technique in index tracking …
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Modern Portfolio Theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and the Efficient Market Hypothesis are cornerstone concepts in both academic and professional curricula. In spite of their long history and reputation, the CAPM and its extensions do not yield satisfactory empirical results. We argue...
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We study time-series momentum (trend-following) strategies in bonds, commodities, currencies and equity indices between 1960 and 2015. We find that momentum strategies performed consistently both before and after 1985, periods which were marked by strong bear and bull markets in bonds...
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