Digesting Anomalies: An Investment Approach

85 Pages Posted: 6 Oct 2012 Last revised: 17 May 2023

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Kewei Hou

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

Chen Xue

University of Cincinnati

Lu Zhang

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

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Date Written: October 2012

Abstract

Motivated from investment-based asset pricing, we propose a new factor model consisting of the market factor, a size factor, an investment factor, and a return on equity factor. The new factor model outperforms the Carhart four-factor model in pricing portfolios formed on earnings surprise, idiosyncratic volatility, financial distress, net stock issues, composite issuance, as well as on investment and return on equity. The new model performs similarly as the Carhart model in pricing portfolios formed on size and momentum, abnormal corporate investment, as well as on size and book-to-market, but underperforms in pricing the total accrual deciles. The new model's performance, combined with its clear economic intuition, suggests that it can be used as a new workhorse model for academic research and investment management practice.

Suggested Citation

Hou, Kewei and Xue, Chen and Zhang, Lu, Digesting Anomalies: An Investment Approach (October 2012). NBER Working Paper No. w18435, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2157879

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