Not exact matches
The US
stock market struggles
with persistently very low interest rates and
high liquidity.
Again,
stocks are not outright cheap, especially
with liquidity and credit conditions likely having peaked for now and policy risks
higher along several fronts (Fed, regulation, trade).
The
stocks generate
high return
with a
high levels of volatility and
liquidity and low levels of current cash.
In contrast, larger - capitalization
stocks with substantial tangible assets,
high liquidity and low idiosyncratic volatility are less susceptible to sentiment - related mispricing.
My view is that
with high frequency trading, managers must adopt tactics, particularly on less liquid
stocks, that we become invisible
liquidity providers.
My concern
with such a small company (market cap of $ 21 million), is that there is a lack of
liquidity and the
stock has a
high beta at a time when the overall market has shown signs of weakness.
Apart from general market risk, security risk, the lack of
liquidity at times and
higher volatility associated
with mid caps
stocks could affect the fund and its performance.
So, for intraday trading, the
stocks chosen must be large - cap
stocks,
with high liquidity instead of mid-cap or small - cap
stocks or penny
stocks.
Investors should recognize that
liquidity is often lower in smaller - capitalization
stocks, which sometimes manifests itself as
higher volatility than
with larger, more efficiently traded companies.
That is another impact of the federal reserve flooding the debt markets
with liquidity — the safe investments yield little, forcing those that want yield to take significant risks, whether those risks are lending long,
high credit risk, operational risk (common
stock and MLP dividends), or subordinated credit risk (preferred
stocks).
Tilting toward the size factor by investing in small cap
stocks can provide diversification away from large caps, but often comes
with higher portfolio volatility, potentially lower
liquidity, and
higher transaction costs.
Each factor criteria is established at the top 30 % of book - to - market (value),
highest past 12 - 1 month return (momentum), past - 36 month total - volatility (low volatility) among approximately 800 large liquid
stocks to avoid the
liquidity issues associated
with looking at a basket of liquid small and micro-caps.
When
stock prices rise, it is said to be due to a confluence of extraordinarily
high levels of
liquidity on household and business balance sheets, combined
with a simultaneous normalization of
liquidity preferences.
Tilting toward the size factor by investing in small - cap
stocks can provide diversification away from large caps, but often comes
with higher portfolio volatility, potentially lower
liquidity, and
higher transaction costs.
A significant fraction of the
high returns associated
with smaller
stocks are artifacts related to
liquidity.