A Model of Momentum

41 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2011 Last revised: 6 Apr 2023

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Laura Xiaolei Liu

Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Lu Zhang

Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: January 2011

Abstract

Optimal investment of firms implies that expected stock returns are tied with the expected marginal benefit of investment divided by the marginal cost of investment. Winners have higher expected growth and expected marginal productivity (two major components of the marginal benefit of investment), and earn higher expected stock returns than losers. The investment model succeeds in capturing average momentum profits, reversal of momentum in long horizons, as well as the interaction of momentum with market capitalization, firm age, trading volume, and stock return volatility. However, the model fails to reproduce procyclical momentum profits.

Suggested Citation

Liu, Laura Xiaolei and Zhang, Lu, A Model of Momentum (January 2011). NBER Working Paper No. w16747, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1751445

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Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business ( email )

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