• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Breaking Bad Trends
  • Contributor: Goulding, Christian L. [Author]; Harvey, Campbell R. [Author]; Mazzoleni, Michele G. [Author]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2023]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (24 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3594888
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  • Keywords: Time-Series Momentum ; Volatility Timing ; Market Timing ; Asset Pricing ; Trend Following ; Turning Points ; Momentum Speed ; Mean Reversion ; Behavioral Finance
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 7, 2023 erstellt
  • Description: We document and quantify the negative impact of trend breaks (i.e., turning points in the trajectory of asset prices) on the performance of standard monthly trend-following strategies across several assets and asset classes. In the years of the U.S. economy’s expansion following the global financial crisis of 2008, we find an increase in the frequency of trend breaks, which helps explain the lower performance of these trend strategies during this period. We illustrate how to repair such strategies using a dynamic trend-following approach that exploits the return-forecasting properties of the two types of trend breaks: market corrections andrebounds.Also see our related paper: Momentum Turning Points
  • Access State: Open Access