Anomalies and the expected market return

X Dong, Y Li, DE Rapach, G Zhou - The Journal of Finance, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We provide the first systematic evidence on the link between long‐short anomaly portfolio
returns—a cornerstone of the cross‐sectional literature—and the time‐series predictability of …

Reusing natural experiments

D Heath, MC Ringgenberg, M Samadi… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
After a natural experiment is first used, other researchers often reuse the setting, examining
different outcome variables. We use simulations based on real data to illustrate the multiple …

Do anomalies really predict market returns? New data and new evidence

N Cakici, C Fieberg, D Metko, A Zaremba - Review of Finance, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Using new data from US and global markets, we revisit market risk premium predictability by
equity anomalies. We apply a repertoire of machine-learning methods to forty-two countries …

An evaluation of alternative multiple testing methods for finance applications

CR Harvey, Y Liu, A Saretto - The Review of Asset Pricing …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In almost every area of empirical finance, researchers confront multiple tests. One high-
profile example is the identification of outperforming investment managers, many of whom …

Cash conversion cycle and aggregate stock returns

Q Lin, X Lin - Journal of Financial Markets, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we empirically evaluate US market return predictability based on an aggregate
measure constructed from the bottom-up firm-level cash conversion cycle (CCC) for 1976 …

Short selling efficiency

Y Chen, Z Da, D Huang - Journal of Financial Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Short selling efficiency (SSE), measured each month by the slope coefficient of cross-
sectionally regressing abnormal short interest on a mispricing score, significantly and …

Machine learning techniques for cross-sectional equity returns' prediction

C Fieberg, D Metko, T Poddig, T Loy - OR Spectrum, 2023 - Springer
We compare the performance of the linear regression model, which is the current standard
in science and practice for cross-sectional stock return forecasting, with that of machine …

Intraday market return predictability culled from the factor zoo

S Aleti, T Bollerslev, M Siggaard - Management Science, 2025 - pubsonline.informs.org
We provide strong empirical evidence for time-series predictability of the intraday return on
the aggregate market portfolio by exploiting lagged high-frequency cross-sectional returns …

Factor momentum in the Chinese stock market

T Ma, C Liao, F Jiang - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on 10 commonly used factors, we construct a novel factor momentum strategy in the
Chinese stock market, which earns an annualized return of 9.91%, with a Sharpe ratio of …

Speculation sentiment

SW Davies - Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2022 - cambridge.org
I exploit the leveraged exchange-traded funds'(ETFs') primary market to measure aggregate,
uninformed, gambling-like demand, that is, speculation sentiment. The leveraged ETFs' …