En este estudio se calculan y analizan algunos indicadores de concentración aplicados a la distribución departamental de: (i) captaciones (en pesos) de establecimientos bancarios, discriminadas en 7 productos financieros: depósitos en cuenta corriente bancaria, depósitos simples,...

Spanish Abstract: En este estudio se calculan y analizan algunos indicadores de concentración aplicados a la distribución departamental de: (i) captaciones (en pesos) de establecimientos bancarios, discriminadas en 7 productos financieros: depósitos en cuenta corriente bancaria, depósitos...

Leveraged ETFs provide a convenient mechanism to dynamically change portfolio exposure and can be successfully used to construct robust portfolios that perform well during equity market drops. We start with a classical 60 percent Bonds/ 40 percent Stocks portfolio with monthly rebalancing that...

We discuss performance of some known market anomalies like equal-weighted index, low volatility stock index, factor anomalies of Andrea Frazzini, Ronen Israel and Tobias J. Moskowitz. We suggest the utilization of these anomalies through dynamic risk allocation in portfolios based on these...

Leveraged ETFs provide a convenient mechanism to dynamically change portfolio exposure. A classical portfolio insurance strategy of Black-Jones-Perold can be easily implemented with leveraged ETFs. More complex dynamic portfolio strategies that also can be implemented using leveraged ETFs. We...

We overview exchange-traded funds and notes mechanism and market. We consider different classes of ETFs: long, short, unleveraged, leveraged. We show tables and graphs of leveraged and short ETF behaviors for up and down moves for educational purposes. We describe historical behavior of several...

Active management plays a critical, positive role in the efficiency of capital markets. In the first study of its kind to use data on institutionally-focused products, we find that, while a large percentage of active equity managers earn enough alpha on average to cover their costs, less than 2%...

We study a concept of dynamic leverage which is a risk measure generalizing traditional value at risk type measures. This measure is suited for hedge funds and can be applied to quantify risk in a fund of hedge funds. Dynamic leverage depends on the level of fund volatility, time horizon and...

Finance journal quality is a critical issue for faculty annual evaluations, for the tenure and promotion process, and for the administration of faculty workload plans. Unlike other studies that use objective measures(such as citation frequencies) to rate journals, this study focuses on the...

Compounding can make things appear to be larger than they really are. This confusion can arise when the return from an event is compounded over a long holding-period, and the return from compounding is described as the return from the event. This paper reviews several examples of this common...