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The Trend Is Your Friend: Time-Series Momentum Strategies across Equity and Commodity Markets

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  • Athina Georgopoulou
  • Jiaguo (George) Wang

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This article documents a significant time-series momentum effect that is consistent and robust across all examined conventional asset classes from 1969 to 2015. We find that the duration and magnitude of time-series momentum is different in developed and emerging markets, but this is no longer the case when controlling for the currency component. We further demonstrate that time-series momentum captures a significant proportion of international mutual fund performance, but this is predominantly with respect to its long aspect. Finally, the market interventions by central banks in recent years have distorted correlations across assets; this challenges the performance of such portfolios.

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  • Athina Georgopoulou & Jiaguo (George) Wang, 2017. "The Trend Is Your Friend: Time-Series Momentum Strategies across Equity and Commodity Markets," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 21(4), pages 1557-1592.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:21:y:2017:i:4:p:1557-1592.
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    Keywords

    Return predictability; Momentum; International mutual funds; Market efficiency; International financial markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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