Quantitative Momentum
A Practitioner's Guide to Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection System
Wiley Finance Editions
1. Edition November 2016
208 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Quantitative Momentum brings momentum investing out of Wall Street and into the hands of individual investors. First, you'll learn what momentum investing is not: it's not 'growth' investing, nor is it an esoteric academic concept. You may have seen it used for asset allocation, but this book details the ways in which momentum stands on its own as a stock selection strategy, and gives you the expert insight you need to make it work for you. You'll dig into its behavioral psychology roots, and discover the key tactics that are bringing both institutional and individual investors flocking into the momentum fold.
* Learn what momentum is and is not
* Discover how momentum can beat the market
* Take momentum beyond asset allocation into stock selection
* Access the tools that ease DIY implementation
Quantitative Momentum is the individual investor's guide to boosting market success with a robust momentum strategy.
The individual investor's comprehensive guide to momentum investing
Quantitative Momentum brings momentum investing out of Wall Street and into the hands of individual investors. In his last book, Quantitative Value, author Wes Gray brought systematic value strategy from the hedge funds to the masses; in this book, he does the same for momentum investing, the system that has been shown to beat the market and regularly enriches the coffers of Wall Street's most sophisticated investors. First, you'll learn what momentum investing is not: it's not 'growth' investing, nor is it an esoteric academic concept. You may have seen it used for asset allocation, but this book details the ways in which momentum stands on its own as a stock selection strategy, and gives you the expert insight you need to make it work for you. You'll dig into its behavioral psychology roots, and discover the key tactics that are bringing both institutional and individual investors flocking into the momentum fold.
Systematic investment strategies always seem to look good on paper, but many fall down in practice. Momentum investing is one of the few systematic strategies with legs, withstanding the test of time and the rigor of academic investigation. This book provides invaluable guidance on constructing your own momentum strategy from the ground up.
* Learn what momentum is and is not
* Discover how momentum can beat the market
* Take momentum beyond asset allocation into stock selection
* Access the tools that ease DIY implementation
The large Wall Street hedge funds tend to portray themselves as the sophisticated elite, but momentum investing allows you to 'borrow' one of their top strategies to enrich your own portfolio. Quantitative Momentum is the individual investor's guide to boosting market success with a robust momentum strategy.
Acknowledgments xi
About the Authors xiii
PART ONE Understanding Momentum 1
CHAPTER 1 Less Religion; More Reason 3
CHAPTER 2 Why Can Active Investment Strategies Work? 14
CHAPTER 3 Momentum Investing Is Not Growth Investing 43
CHAPTER 4 Why All Value Investors Need Momentum 62
PART TWO Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection Model 77
CHAPTER 5 The Basics of Building a Momentum Strategy 79
CHAPTER 6 Maximizing Momentum: The Path Matters 93
CHAPTER 7 Momentum Investors Need to Know Their Seasons 107
CHAPTER 8 Quantitative Momentum Beats the Market 120
CHAPTER 9 Making Momentum Work in Practice 144
APPENDIX A Investigating Alternative Momentum Concepts 155
APPENDIX B Performance Statistics Definitions 175
About the Companion Website 176
Index 177
- Cliff Asness, Managing and Founding Principal of AQR Capital Management
"Most investors would assume the 'premiere anomaly' is value, when in fact it is momentum. Let Wes and Jack take you through a MBA course on momentum that will have you saying by the end - 'the trend is your friend.'"
-Meb Faber, CIO of Cambria Investment Management
"Wes and Jack have looked under every rock for an edge and they've found it with momentum. Momentum is the 'premier anomaly', so no surprise this is their best book yet. Buy it and read it." -Adam Butler, CEO of ReSolve Asset Management
JACK R. VOGEL, PhD, is CFO/CIO of Alpha Architect, an asset management firm delivering affordable, active exposures for tax-sensitive investors. He is coauthor of DIY Financial Advisor.
