Winners from Winners: A Tale of Risk Factors

  • Siddhartha Chib
  • , Lingxiao Zhao
  • , Guofu Zhou

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    Abstract

    Starting from twelve distinct factors from the recent literature, plus twelve principal components (PCs) of anomalies unexplained by the initial factors, a Bayesian comparison of approximately seventeen million models in terms of marginal likelihoods and posterior model probabilities shows that {Mkt, MOM, IA, ROE, MGMT, PERF, PEAD, FIN}, plus the nonconsecutive principal components, {PC1, PC5, PC7} are the best supported risk factors. Pricing tests and annualized out-of-sample Sharpe ratios for tangency portfolios suggest that this asset pricing model should be used for computing expected returns, assessing investment strategies and building portfolios.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)396-414
    Number of pages19
    JournalManagement Science
    Volume70
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 2024

    Keywords

    • Bayesian model comparison
    • anomaly
    • factor models
    • portfolio analysis
    • stochastic discount factor

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