Tuesdays are all about academic (and practitioner) literature at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why covered interest rate parity has broken down.
Chart of the Day
Is all the talk about shrinking alphas a function of definitions?
Factors
- What do random factor portfolios tell us about how easy it is to beat the market? (capitalspectator.com)
- Why do factors seem more potent when applied to a micro-cap universe? (factorinvestor.com)
- Growth is not the opposite of value. (researchaffiliates.com)
- Why don't we see more work on carry? (cantabcapital.com)
- Trend following has worked for a long time. (medium.com)
Research
- The $VIX has little in the way of predictive value. (aqr.com)
- More evidence that the state of (Fed) monetary policy affects the stock market. (papers.ssrn.com)
- The case for commodities is diversification. (gersteinfisher.com)
- Net issuance is bad for returns. (etf.com)
- Post-2009 acquisitions are no longer a value-killer for public companies. (sciencedirect.com)
- Some research that shows PE is not as short-term oriented than commonly thought. (bloomberg.com)
