Alexander Brändle

Volume Based Portfolio Strategies

Analysis of the Relationship between Trading Activity and Expected Returns in the Cross-Section of Swiss Stock

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Produktbeschreibung

1 Introduction In this introductory chapter, we first introduce the topic of this project and its relevance to research and practice. After the statement of the main objectives, we formulate its research questions and contributions. Following some important definitions, we c- clude this introduction by outlining the structure of this project report. 1. 1 Motivation For a long time, the predominant view in finance was that the variation of returns across stocks could be explained by their sensitivities (i. e. , betas) to a single factor, the excess return of the market portfolio. This classical view, reflected in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), implies that no portfolio strategy selecting stocks on the basis of other factors is able to consistently outperform a passive 'buy and hold' strategy (reflecting the market capitalization-weighted investment universe). Later research, however, found that other factors also play an important role in the cross-sectional variation of stock returns. Especially observed stock attributes such as past returns, market capitalization, or book-to-market ratio, were found to have a high explanatory power. Subsequent - search even proved the existence of profitable portfolio strategies formed on the basis of such stock attributes, which led to their practical implementation and offering by prof- sional investment firms. These quantitative strategies have since become increasingly popular, especially as a means to diversify investments (which is particularly helpful in case of a low correlation between a strategy's return and the development of the m- ket).

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Produktdetails

• Gabler Research
• Verlag: Gabler / Gabler Verlag
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-8349-2106-2
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9783834921062
• ISBN-10: 3834921068
• Artikelnr.: 27318063

Autorenporträt

Dr. Alexander Brändle wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pascal Gantenbein at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He works as a management consultant, focusing mainly on financial services firms.

Inhaltsangabe

Review of Studies on the Relationship between Trading Volume and Stock Returns.- Data and Methodology.- Results: Trading Volume and the Cross-Sectional Variation of Stock Returns.- Results: Time-Stability of Portfolio Returns.- Results: Economic Significance of Volume-Return Relations.- Summary and Conclusions.