Monday, March 14, 2022

Financial Analysts Journal: Enhanced Portfolio Optimization

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Managers can improve the performance of the mean–variance approach by using enhanced portfolio optimization (EPO). EPO accounts for the noise in investors’ estimates of risk–return and, as a result, increases risk-adjusted performance. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Factor Exposure Variation and Mutual Fund Performance

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Mutual fund managers who frequently change exposure to investment factors (market, size, book-to-market, and momentum) perform significantly worse than those who make fewer changes. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Boosting the Equity Momentum Factor in Credit

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors can double alpha in the credit markets by using simple equity momentum strategies enhanced by applying machine learning with boosted regression trees. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Should Mutual Fund Investors Time Volatility?

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors in actively managed US equity mutual funds should decrease/increase their investment as fund volatility decreases/increases. This strategy significantly improves investment performance compared with a buy-and-hold approach. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Chinese and Global ADRs -- The US Investor Experience

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) have outperformed US stocks, with ADRs of Chinese companies doing particularly well. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Decarbonizing Everything

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Different climate risk metrics lead to portfolios with different carbon and risk–return profiles. Analyzing the merits and applicability of various climate data can help investors manage climate risk and improve risk-adjusted returns. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Active Trading in ETFs -- The Role of High-Frequency Algorithmic Trading

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

High-frequency algorithmic trading adds to ETF market stability by reducing the discrepancy between fund prices and net asset values (NAVs). Read more here.

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