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Factor investing: evidence of long-only factor portfolios from the Indian market

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  • Srikrishna Bhagawan
  • Sathish Kumar B

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The study examines the performance of long-only factor portfolios in the Indian market. An extended 8-factors model and well-known factor models are used to analyse the exposure and risk-adjusted performance of factor portfolios. The results reveal a mixed portfolio performance: market-driven factors like illiquid, winner, stable, and small offered better performance than those based on fundamental data like value, strong, and conservative. While the market factor is the primary return driver, the SMB and HML factors are the other standard return drivers. The portfolios showed exposure to the specific factor they are constructed upon, except for the strong portfolio.

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  • Srikrishna Bhagawan & Sathish Kumar B, 2026. "Factor investing: evidence of long-only factor portfolios from the Indian market," Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 409-428, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:macfem:v:19:y:2026:i:2:p:409-428
    DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2024.2396217
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