Sector versus Country Momentum

Sector versus Country MomentumDoes Performance Chasing Work? June 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYThe Momentum strategy can be applied to stocks, sectors and countriesSector and country Momentum portfolios generate positive excess...

Skewness as a Factor

Skewness as a FactorAnalysing Punchy Stocks June 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYSkewness is a feature of stocks with high firm-risksStocks with positive or negative skewness outperform the marketCan partially be explained by the Size...

Tactical Mean-Reversion

Tactical Mean-ReversionHedging Tail Risks of Equity Portfolios Efficiently May 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYThe Mean-Reversion factor is driven by volatilityAllocating tactically when volatility is high generates an attractive payoff...

Mean-Reversion Across Markets

Mean-Reversion Across MarketsHedging Tail Risks of Equity Portfolios May 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYThe Mean-Reversion factor shows the same trends across marketsThe strategy differentiates itself from other factors by exhibiting...

Alpha Momentum

Alpha MomentumImproving the Momentum Factor May 2018. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYStocks can be ranked by alpha instead of stock returnsAlpha Momentum generates a higher and more consistent performance than Price MomentumMomentum crashes...