We construct factor portfolios to measure and
study factor returns.
Not exact matches
Studies of the U.S. stock market indicate that some
factors and indicators may have predictive power for future
returns.
Several recent
studies have shown that cells can be
returned to pluripotent state using «defined
factors» (specific proteins that control which genes are active in a cell), a technique pioneered by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University in Japan.
Nine Keys to Student Achievement and Cost - Effectiveness The first large - scale national
study to identify and prioritize the
factors that make some technology implementations perform dramatically better than others, demonstrate that schools employing a 1:1 student computer ratio and the key implementation
factors outperform other schools, and reveal significant opportunities for improving education
return on investment (ROI) by transforming teaching and learning.
The report
Factor Risk Premia in the Indian Market, published by S&P Dow Jones Indices,
studies the risk /
return characteristics of common risk
factors in the Indian equity market.
However, as a result of investors» pursuit of better - diversified portfolios and a recognition that systematic risk
factors explain the majority of
returns, the development of commodity alternative beta products is gathering pace... From our investigation in this
study, there appears to be potential benefit in allocating into alternative beta strategies as part of a portfolio's commodity allocation, and we find that combining risk - based and
factor - based commodity strategies has historically delivered higher
return and lower risk than passive long - only strategies on their own.»
Factors are stock characteristics that
studies have identified as being correlated with superior total
returns over long time periods.
Multiple empirical
studies show that these
factors have exhibited excess
returns above the market.
Statistically, the problem with this
study is that it ignores the effect of outside
factors that affect both turnover and
returns, and therefore profoundly mis - measures the relationship between the two.
Fama - French conducted
studies to test their model, using thousands of random stock portfolios, and found that when size and value
factors are combined with the beta
factor, they could then explain as much as 95 % of the
return in a diversified stock portfolio.
The average annualized
factor return in the United States over our
study period July 1973 — September 2016 is 4.86 %.
Most strategies earn an excess
return over the market benchmark, but in each of the international markets we
study, a couple of the
factor - based smart beta strategies generate mildly negative value - add.
The academic
studies show that price momentum is an important
factor in market
returns, and many investors with good
returns use momentum.
But the other five funds hardly show exemplary results, even though the momentum
factor has delivered a
return of nearly 5.0 % a year since the start of our
study in 1990, and over 3.0 % a year since the March — September 2009 momentum crash.
In this
study, we run the impact model with a set of 11 different reduction
factors between 5 % and 95 % applied to the
return period (i.e., the average recurrence interval) of simulated discharge peaks.
This
study assessed the prevalence and correlates of alcohol misuse and the
factors associated with treatment utilization among recently
returned National Guard service members.
In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and
return has been determined to be a risk
factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience
Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.
Several longitudinal
studies have indicated that
returning to full - time work after a brief maternity leave was a risk
factor that compromised maternal mental health (depression and anxiety), especially when shorter leaves coincided with maternal fatigue, poor general health, poor social support, marital concerns, and other risk
factors.17, 18 When mothers in the Wisconsin Maternity Leave and Health
Study were contacted one year after they had given birth, no significant differences were noted between home - makers, part - time, and full - time employed women in measures of mental health such as depression, anxiety and self - esteem.