On style momentum strategies
Authors:
Ferdi Aarts a;
Thorsten Lehnert b
| Affiliations: | a Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| b Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE), Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands |
DOI:
10.1080/13504850500373602
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18 issues per year
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Economics;
Macroeconomics;
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Also incorporating: Applied Financial Economics Letters
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Abstract
Barberis and Shleifer (2003) suggest that US investors classify assets into different styles based on, for example, market capitalization or B/M ratios. They find that prices can deviate substantially from fundamental values as a style's popularity changes over time. In this paper, we discuss implications of this prediction and empirically investigate the profitability of style momentum strategies for the UK stock market. Results suggest that a simple trading rule can generate significant positive returns, but for our sample of FTSE 350 stocks those strategies are less profitable and more risky compared to regular momentum strategies.
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