There is substantial evidence that indicates that stocks that perform the best (worst) over a three to 12 month period tend to continue to perform well (poorly) over the subsequent three to 12 months. Up until recently, trading strategies that exploit this phenomenon were consistently profitable...

This paper demonstrates that liquidity risk as measured by the covariation of fund returns with unexpected changes in aggregate liquidity is an important predictor of hedge-fund performance. The results show that funds that significantly load on liquidity risk subsequently outperform low-loading...

Stocks with high sentiment betas are more sensitive to investor sentiment, with more subjective valuations. We contend that sentiment beta also captures the duration of mispricing. Accordingly, stocks with high (low) sentiment betas provide opportunities for momentum (contrarian) traders. We...

Passive investing, particularly in emerging markets, has become an increasingly popular means of quick, “diversified” exposure to a particular segment of the markets. Defensive investors, as Benjamin Graham noted, would be best served owning a diversified list of leading companies. Yet it's...

The correlation of returns for various equity asset classes has been high. In addition, the range or "dispersion" of returns across asset classes - and across sectors within those asset classes - has been low. These factors have made it difficult for active managers to outperform. But dispersion...

We estimate tracking errors from 26 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) utilizing three different methods and test their relative performance using Jensen's model. We find that tracking errors are significantly different from zero and display persistence. Based on Jensen's alpha, risk adjusted returns...

This dissertation paper examines the return evaluation of momentum investment strategy and analytical control of trading volume for top listed companies in FTSE100 of London Stock Exchange. This paper observed the Lee and Swaminathan (2000) approach, all independent ranks of portfolios on past...

In this paper, we compare the performance of four single-period portfolio selection models: Mean-Variance model (MV), Mean Absolute Deviation model (MAD), Conditional Value-at-Risk model (CVaR) and Minimax model (MM). Real features such as transaction cost and cardinality constraint are...

The accrual information is discussed in light of multifactor factor asset pricing theory. It is argued that the capital market processes information efficiently, and that low accruals firms are risky and therefore earn higher average returns. In other words, the level of accruals proxies for the...

This study examines empirically the Fama and French three factor model of stock returns using Indonesian data over 2003-2006 period. Specifically, it examines the behavior of stock prices, in relation to size (market equity, ME) and book-to-market ratio. The major objective of this study is to...