As expected, real - world constraints dramatically reduce the simulated outperformance of our factor - based smart beta strategies relative to long —
short factor portfolios.
The stocks are then market - cap weighted within each of the two portfolios, which are used to form a long —
short factor portfolio.
The long - and short - side portfolios are then used to form a long —
short factor portfolio without leverage.
Not exact matches
In
short, using
factor - based insights can help build better fixed income
portfolios.
SUMMARY Investors seek smart beta products for risk reduction However, smart beta products are effectively long - only products with full equity risk Only
factor products, i.e. long -
short portfolios, offer true diversification benefits and downside protection INTRODUCTION FTSE Russell's 2017 Smart
They then form
portfolios for the most relevant clusters that are long (
short) stocks for which events have occurred (same - industry stocks for which there are no events), with positions weighted to eliminate exposures to market, size and value
factors.
In
short, using
factor - based insights can help build better fixed income
portfolios.
The percentages of the
Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund 14 % Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund 5 % Vanguard
Short - Term Inflation - Protected Securities Index Fund 6 % Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund 75 % Through its investment in Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund, the
Portfolio indirectly invests in a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in terms of key risk
factors and other characteristics.
The half - life of the composition of a smart beta strategy, or the long and
short portfolios that define a
factor, is strongly linked to forecast accuracy over different horizons.
For example, if the half - life is
short, as for momentum with a half - life less than one year, a stock's
factor exposure will change rapidly over time, sometimes because momentum is becoming more expensive (when momentum is working) and sometimes because the compositions of the long and
short portfolios are changing.
The Fund simultaneously sells
short an equal - sized
portfolio of 15 - 35 companies that we believe to be of inferior quality and prospects — those that score highest on the
factors that destroy wealth and are expected to deliver below - average investment returns.
The value
factor consists of a long value
portfolio and a
short growth
portfolio.
The volatilities of the
factor portfolios are a measure of the volatility of a long —
short portfolio; in other words, these volatilities measure the volatility of the return difference between the long and the
short portfolios.
SPAN assesses total
portfolio risk, so, when and if you add a put credit spread with an offsetting delta
factor (i.e., the call spread is net
short 0.06 and the put spread is net long 0.06), you generally are not charged more margin if the overall risk is not increased according to SPAN risk arrays.
Figure 2, Panel A, plots the historical excess return and historical volatility, and Panel B the five - year expected return and expected volatility, at year - end 2016 for a number of common
factors in the US market, constructed as long —
short portfolios.
They calculate alphas for each anomaly by using the specified linear model risk
factors to adjust gross monthly returns from a
portfolio that is long (
short) the value - weighted or equal - weighted tenth of stocks that are «good» («bad») according to that anomaly, reforming the
portfolio annually or monthly depending on anomaly input frequency.
Momentum is one of the most compelling
factors in theoretical long —
short paper
portfolios, but live results of momentum strategies fall
short of theoretical returns.
For example, the value
factor portfolio is long cheap stocks and
short expensive stocks, and the size
factor portfolio is long small stocks and
short large stocks.
An investor can not practically invest in
factor portfolios because of restrictions on
shorting and leverage.
The advantages of cash are related to
short term
factors, and the advantages of bonds and stocks in
portfolios are related to long term
factors.
The other funds have underperformed in periods when momentum delivered a decent return on paper in the theoretical long —
short momentum
factor portfolio.
Each
factor is based on a long —
short portfolio.