How do different databases define a firm? What are the rules for listing/de-listing firms across databases? In this paper we show that the listing/de-listing criteria across the CRSP and TAQ databases are different enough to impact the magnitude and direction of statistical profits of “momentum” portfolios. We show that while standard momentum returns established in the literature can be replic...

We show that the returns of Managed Futures funds and CTAs can be explained by time series momentum strategies and we discuss the economic intuition behind these strategies. Time series momentum strategies produce large correlations and high Rsquares with Managed Futures indices and individual manager returns, including the largest and most successful managers. While the largest Managed Futures...

Our study examines whether price momentum strategy (cross section momentum effect on longshort portfolios) can be profitable on Russian stock market. We testing the statistical significance of zero cost portfolio excess returns. Our sample covers the period from 2004 to 2013 capturing different states of Russian economy. We implement relative strength strategy with 10% quantile to construct equ...

This paper introduces assets for which the intrinsic value is endogenous to the amount of funding attracted. A Rational Expectations Equilibrium is developed. Additionally, simulations of the model based on bounded rationality explore the different market behavior under fundamental and momentum based investing strategies. Both strategies produce herding characteristics. The herding under the fu...