Lisa Goldberg, Ran Leshem and Patrick Geddes Volume 12, Number 2, Second Quarter 2014 A long-only investable minimum variance strategy outperformed the S&P 500 over the four decades from January 1973 to December 2012. Through the lens of a factor model, we show that this outperformance can be largely attributed to implicit style bets. Specifically… Read more
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The Shadow Price of Liquidity in Asset Allocation – A Case Study
Bac Van Luu, Yazid Sharaiha, Nikolay Doskov, Chirag Patel and David Turkington Volume 12, Number 2, Second Quarter 2014 We apply a framework for estimating the investor-specific value of liquidity which can be used to inform asset allocation decisions. The shadow price of liquidity is a central concept in this framework. In the case study… Read more
A Simple Model for the Expected Premium for Hedge Fund Lockups
Emanuel Derman Volume 5, Number 3, Third Quarter 2007 What excess return should a fund of funds expect to earn for investing in a hedge fund with an extended lockup? In this paper, we present a simple model for estimating the premium for long-term lockups. Because there is a demonstrated statistical persistence to the quality… Read more
The Relation Between Fixed Income and Equity Return Factors
Jaime Lee, Terry Marsha, Robert Maxim and Paul Pfleiderer Volume 4, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006 This paper provides an analysis of the relation between equity and fixed income returns over time. As measured by realized correlation, this relation has changed substantially over the last decade, from positive to negative through the market collapse and… Read more
Aggregate Idiosyncratic Risk and Market Returns
Turan G. Bali and Nusret Cakici Volume 4, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006 This paper tests the empirical performance of a model-independent measure of aggregate idiosyncratic risk introduced by Bali and Cakici (2004) in the intertemporal capital asset pricing framework. The results indicate a significantly positive relation between the equal-weighted average stock volatility and the… Read more
The Stock Market’s Reaction to Unemployment News, Stock-Bond Return Correlations, and the State of the Economy
John H. Boyd, Ravi Jagannathan and Qianqiu Liu Volume 4, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006 We confirm Boyd et al.’s (2005) finding that on average a surprise increase in unemployment is “good news” for stocks during economic expansions and “bad news” during economic contractions. Unemployment news bundles information about future interest rates, equity risk premium… Read more
The Right Answer to the Wrong Question: Identifying Superior Active Portfolio Management
W. V. Harlow and Keith C. Brown Volume 4, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006 The debate over the value of active portfolio management has often centered on whether the average active manager is capable of producing returns that exceed expectations. We argue that a more useful way to frame this issue is to focus on… Read more
On the Financial Interpretation of Risk Contribution: Risk Budgets Do Add Up
Edward Qian Volume 4, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006 Due to a lack of clear financial interpretation, there are lingering questions in the financial industry regarding the concepts of risk contribution. This paper provides as well as analyzes risk contribution’s financial interpretation that is based on expected contribution to potential losses of a portfolio. We… Read more
Price Discovery For Cross-Listed Stocks
Cheol S. Eun and Sanjiv Sabherwal Volume 1, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2003 We investigate price discovery for internationally traded stocks. For a sample of Canadian stocks cross-listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and the NYSE, we find that both markets contribute to price discovery. The US share of price discovery ranges from 0.4%… Read more
IMPACT OF CREDIT MARKETS ON DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC REAL AGGREGATE PRODUCTION
This paper provides a dynamic stochastic macro-financial model that describes the impact of the credit market on real production risk and provides some empirical evidence of the reasonableness of the model. Our model shows that the uncertain real sector output affects the performance of the credit market, which in turn, impacts the real production of… Read more