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There has been considerable research into dynamic global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) strategies driven by simple measures of Valuation and Momentum applied to a baseline balanced portfolio of equities and fixed income (see Blitz and van Vliet 2008, Wang and Kochard 2011, Gnedenko and Yelnik...
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We study the asset allocation of an investor with prospect theory (PT) preferences. First, we solve analytically the two-asset problem of the PT investor for one risk-free and one risky asset and find that loss aversion and the reference return affect differently less ambitious investors and...
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We relate time-varying aggregate ambiguity (V-VSTOXX) to individual investor trading. We use the trading records of … an increase in ambiguity is associated with increased investor activity. It also leads to a reduction in risk …-taking which does not reverse over the following days. When ambiguity is high, the effect of sentiment looms larger. Survey …
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This study presents a hedge fund portfolio choice model for an investor facing ambiguity. In the empirical section, we … measure ambiguity as the cross-sectional dispersion in Industrial Production growth and in stock market return forecasts, and … we construct the systematic ambiguity factors from the universe of S&P 500 stocks. We estimate ambiguity betas for long …
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optimal allocation to fixed-term securities, and provide a representation of trading strategies in terms of a liquidity …
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We examine how the presentation of investment results affects risk taking using an experiment in which participants view results either asset by asset or aggregated into a portfolio result. Our experiment examines the investment choices of a nationwide sample of 249 participants in a simulation...
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Individual investors trade excessively, sell winners too soon, and overweight stocks with lottery features and low expected returns. This paper models a financial innovation to address these biases and improve individual investor performance. Individual investors pledge shares of stock to an...
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Modern Portfolio Theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and the Efficient Market Hypothesis are the cornerstone concepts in both academic and professional curricula. In spite of their long history and reputation, the CAPM and its extensions are not able to yield satisfactory empirical results....
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plans. We document an inverse U-shaped relationship between a plan's allocation to fixed income securities and its funding … funding ratios over the past three decades, and the more recent shift toward fixed income securities in their allocation …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954957