The tournament hypothesis of Brown et al. (1996) conjectures that mutual funds with a below average performance over the first half of the year tend to increase their risk in the second half of the year. Schwarz (2012) argues that the methodologies that have been used to test this hypothesis are...

We show that the probability of risk parity beating any other portfolio is more than 50 percent. We also prove that if portfolio performance is measured by Sharpe ratio, risk parity is the only maximin portfolio when (1) all assets' future Sharpe ratios are greater than an unknown constant and...

This paper offers theoretical, empirical, and simulated evidence that momentum regularities in asset prices are not anomalies. Within a general, frictionless, rational expectations, risk-based asset pricing framework, riskier assets tend to be in the loser portfolios after (large) increases in...

We study the portfolio performance of investment strategies that jointly apply both fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Compared with strategies that rely on one-dimensional fundamental or technical information, the integrated approach to fundamental and technical investing...

Black-Litterman model provides a reasonable platform to portfolio optimization and asset allocation by presenting an equilibrium state of the markets and only deviating from that equilibrium state with forward-looking strategic views. Index of Economic Freedom (IEF) can be used as a handy tool...

Motivated by the seasonality found in equity returns, we create a Turn-of-the-Month (ToM) allocation strategy in the U.S. equity market and investigate its value in asset allocation. By using a wide variety of portfolio construction techniques in an attempt to address the impact of estimation...

When central banks provide unlimited liquidity, eligible collateral assets become more valuable for banks with greater need of liquidity. Since eligible collateral assets are traded over the counter, banks that are more dependent on central bank funding face price discrimination and incur the...

We propose a portfolio optimization approach to identifying private information. In our model, investors are exposed to liquidity and private information shocks and optimize their trading across stocks taking into account price impact (Kyle's Lambda). We obtain a very simple expression for a...

We present a new profitable trading and risk management strategy with transaction cost for an adaptive equally weighted portfolio. Moreover, we implement a rule-based expert system for the daily financial decision making process by using the power of spectral analysis. We use several key...

We examine whether foreign equity holdings of portfolio investors depend on the level of information accessibility between the investors' home and host countries. Using a comprehensive data set, alternative measures of information accessibility and robust analytical techniques, we show that...