Exploring the benefits of using stock characteristics in optimal portfolio strategies

Fletcher, Jonathan (2017) Exploring the benefits of using stock characteristics in optimal portfolio strategies. European Journal of Finance, 23 (3). pp. 192-210. ISSN 1351-847X (https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1062036)

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Abstract

I examine the benefits of using stock characteristics to model optimal portfolio weights in stock selection strategies using the characteristic portfolio approach of Brandt, Santa-Clara and Valkanov [2009. “Parametric Portfolio Policies: Exploiting Characteristics in the Cross-section of Equity Returns.” Review of Financial Studies 22: 3411–3447]. I find that there are significant out-of-sample performance benefits in using characteristics in stock selection strategies even after adjusting for trading costs, when investors can invest in the largest 350 U.K. stocks. Imposing short selling restrictions on the characteristic portfolio strategy leads to more consistent performance. The performance benefits are concentrated in the earlier part of the sample period and have disappeared in recent years. I find that there no performance benefits in using stock characteristics when using random subsets of the largest 350 stocks.

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  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53875
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 March 2017
    Published
    9 July 2015
    Published Online
    2 June 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Finance on 06/07/2015, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1062036
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Finance
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Accounting and Finance
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Jul 2015 10:34
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:08
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53875
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