Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management: Modern Techniques and Applications

INTRODUCTION: BELIEFS, RISK, PROCESS Beliefs Risks Quantitative Investment Process PORTFOLIO THEORY Distributions of Investment Returns Optimal Portfolios Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Characteristic Portfolios RISK MODELS AND RISK ANALYSIS Arbitrage Pricing Theory and APT models Risk Analysis Contribution to Value at Risk EVALUATION OF ALPHA FACTORS Alpha Performance Benchmarks-The Ratios Single Period Skill: Information Coefficient Multi-Period Ex Ante Information Rati* Empirical Examples QUANTITATIVE FACTORS Value Factors Quality Factors Momentum Factors VALUATION TECHNIQUES AND VALUE CREATION Valuation Framework Free Cash Flow Modeling Business Economics of a Firm Cost of Capital Explicit Period, Fade Period, and Terminal Value Multi-Path Discounted Cash Flow Analysis MULTI-FACTOR ALPHA MODELS Single-Period Composite IC of a Multi-Factor Model Optimal Alpha Model-An Analytical Derivation Factor Correlation versus IC Correlation Composite Alpha Model with Orthogonalized Factors Fama-Macbeth Regression and Optimal Alpha Model PORTFOLIO TURNOVER AND OPTIMAL ALPHA MODEL Turnover of Fixed-Weight Portfolios Turnover Due to Forecast Change Turnover of Composite Forecasts Information Horizon and Lagged Forecasts Optimal Alpha Model under Turnover Constraint Small Trades and Turnover ADVANCED ALPHA MODELING TECHNIQUES Contextual Modeling Mathematical Analysis of Contextual Modeling Empirical Examination of Contextual Approach Sector versus Contextual Modeling Modeling Nonlinear Effects FACTOR TIMING MODELS Calendar Effect-Behavioral Reasons Calendar Effect-Empirical Results The Earning Season Effect Macro Timing Models PORTFOLIO CONSTRAINTS AND INFORMATION RATIO Sector Neutral Constraint Long-Short Ration of Unconstrained Portfoli* Long-Only Portfolios The IR of Long-Only and Long-Short Portfolios TRANSACTION COSTS & PORTFOLIO IMPLEMENTATION Components of Transaction Costs Optimal Portfolios with Transaction Costs-Single Asset Optimal Portfolios with Transaction Costs-Multi Asset Portfolio Trading Strategies Optimal Trading Horizon Optimal Trading Strategies-Portfolios of Stocks