Downside Risk and the Momentum Effect
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چکیده
Stocks with greater downside risk, which is measured by higher correlations conditional on downside moves of the market, have higher returns. After controlling for the market beta, the size effect and the book-to-market effect, the average rate of return on stocks with the greatest downside risk exceeds the average rate of return on stocks with the least downside risk by 6.55% per annum. Downside risk is important for explaining the cross-section of expected returns. In particular, we find that some of the profitability of investing in momentum strategies can be explained as compensation for bearing high exposure to downside risk.
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