This paper develops a Monte-Carlo backtesting procedure for risk premia strategies and employs it to study Time-Series Momentum (TSM). Relying on time-series models, empirical residual distributions and copulas we overcome two key drawbacks of conventional backtesting procedures. We create...

Based on intraday data for a large cross-section of individual stocks and exchange traded funds, we show that short-term as well as long-term fluctuations of realized market and average idiosyncratic higher moments risks are priced in the cross-section of asset returns. Specifically, we find...

Based on intraday data for cross-section of individual stocks and exchange traded funds we show that transitory as well as persistent fluctuations of realized market and average idiosyncratic higher moments risks are priced in the cross-section of asset returns. We document that investors...

Die risikoneutrale Verteilung von Renditen, wie sie von S&P 500 Optionen impliziert wird, ist ein seit Jahren beliebtes Forschungsthema in den Finanzwissenschaften. Durch ihre vorausschauende Eigenschaft liefert diese Verteilung und im Speziellen ihre Momente, wertvolle Einsichten in die...