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This paper explores how a put option changes the probability distribution of portfolio value. The paper extends the … portfolio distribution to measure riskiness and compare different put options. I report a so-called ‘quantile surface’ that … decrease the quantile, which is equivalent to increasing the riskiness of the portfolio, and leads me to ask: what return will …
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The motivation for this paper is to find out whether exchange traded funds (ETFs) are more suitable financial instruments for a pair trading strategy than stocks. The main advantage of pair trading ETFs is that ETFs cannot go bankrupt, which is not the case for shares. Thus, one of the greatest...
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This paper proposes a modified version of the widely used price and moving average cross-over trading strategies. The suggested approach (presented in its 'long only' version) is a combination of cross-over 'buy' signals and a dynamic threshold value which acts as a dynamic trailing stop. The...
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measures of Valuation and Momentum applied to a baseline balanced portfolio of equities and fixed income (see Blitz and van … that historically, these Valuation-and-Momentum-driven investment approaches have produced higher returns and more … question of how such an approach could be implemented and would have performed in the context of an All-Equity portfolio, where …
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VAA (Vigilant Asset Allocation) is a dual-momentum based investment strategy with a vigorous crash protection and a …
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In this short note, we show investors one way to calculate ideal investment sizing by using two rules of thumb based on …
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Using leverage to magnify performance is an idea that has enticed investors and traders throughout history. The critical question of when to employ leverage and when to reduce risk, though, is not often addressed. We establish that volatility is the enemy of leverage and that streaks in...
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The US Treasury effectively ”owns” about 24% of the stocks held by high income US taxable investors. Through the capital gains tax, Uncle Sam has an effective exposure of more than $1 trillion of equities. And this huge-but-silent investor might be about to get a lot bigger if capital gains...
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combines a more robust “All Weather” portfolio with even slower growth-trend (GT) filter and a faster market crash …, we adapt LAA in three steps. First, the (risky, near-static) portfolio is changed to an even more robust and more … diversified “all-weather” portfolio, now with five (instead of four) equal weighted assets and with only bonds as risk-off assets …
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