In such circumstances, a fund may seek to maintain exposure to the
targeted investment factors and not adjust to target different factors, which could result in losses.
Over the past few years, asset managers have tried to make «smart beta» even smarter by combining
known investment factors into a single approach.
Smart beta funds are powered
by investment factors, which are broad and historically persistent drivers of return.
We also observe the relatively strong correlation between value and
investment factor returns, which suggests that in combination the two factors may be redundant.
In such circumstances, a fund may seek to maintain exposure to the
targeted investment factors and not adjust to target different factors, which could result in losses.
Exposure to
such investment factors may detract from performance in some market environments, perhaps for extended periods.
In an idealized world, we would look to construct portfolios that gave us a pure expression of our views on each of the
main investment factors.
(A backtest is simply a statistical look at historical data to determine whether employing a
given investment factor, such as selecting stocks with low price - earnings ratios, results in excess returns over time; i.e., returns above a stock market benchmark.)
Each test divided the companies in our backtest universe into quintiles (five equally sized groups) based on their rank on one or
more investment factors.
A research paper from BlackRock shows that idealized zero - net -
investment factor portfolios constructed using Fama - French approach * can have much lower long - term correlations:
Many investors have caught on to the idea of the different dimensions of expected return or «premiums» such as the market, size, relative price (value), profitability, and
capital investment factors.
As Robert Trivers (1972) pointed out some 40 years ago, which gender is choosier depends on a host of
parental investment factors and sexual selection processes, and sometimes males are the choosier gender in a species (e.g., Mormon crickets, katydids, etc.).
CI 102: Market Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
Analyze investment factors for each of four major property types: office, industrial, multifamily, and retail.
Exposure to
such investment factors may detract from performance in some market environments, perhaps for extended periods.
However, the latest research from Fama - French indicates that this factor is less important in the presence of the beta, size, profitability and
investment factors.
The investment factor tilts toward companies with lower asset growth which could run the risk of missing out on potential growth opportunities.
The investment factor (which correlates with value) is cheaper than its historical norm, though not by a wide margin.
This makes value
an investment factor — a broad, historically rewarded driver of returns.
One could conclude that the international evidence in favor of
these investment factors is poor.
Momentum also typically leads to high tracking error, while
the investment factor leads to low tracking error.
The investment factor tilts toward companies with lower asset growth, and thus can risk missing out on potential growth opportunities.
Seek companies with a favorable combination of high quality (50 %), high momentum (30 %), and low valuation (20 %) investment factors
[1] The discovery of the «small cap risk premium» — over a 40 - year period to 1975 small cap stocks outperformed large cap stocks on a risk - adjusted returns basis — officially made size
an investment factor.
All
these investment factors should be documented before making a trade.
Performance is tied to market and
investment factors, which can negatively impact cash value.
Universal Life is different than term life insurance because of
the investment factor of the premiums.