Liquid Alternatives: Alternative Enough?

Liquid Alternatives: Alternative Enough? Fake Alternatives? September 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Liquid alternatives offer hedge fund strategies in mutual fund format The correlations to the S&P 500 have been high, even of...

Short-Term Momentum in Equity Factors

Short-Term Momentum in Equity Factors Does Short-Term Performance Chasing Work? September 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYShort-term momentum persists in common equity factorsThe persistence is strong in Value and Dividend YieldHowever,...

Chasing Mutual Fund Performance

Chasing Mutual Fund Performance Follow the Momentum? September 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Mutual funds exhibit momentum when measured by their one-year performance Momentum disappears when more reasonable fund selection criteria...

Factor Momentum

Factor MomentumChasing Factor Performance August 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYThe Momentum strategy can be applied to stocks, sectors, countries and factorsFactor momentum shows positive excess returns across regionsHowever,...