Factor Momentum

48 Pages Posted: 12 Nov 2020 Last revised: 22 Mar 2021

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Robert D. Arnott

Research Affiliates, LLC

Mark Clements

Los Angeles Capital Management

Vitali Kalesnik

Research Affiliates Global Advisors

Juhani T. Linnainmaa

Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Kepos Capital

Date Written: March 21, 2021

Abstract

Past industry returns predict future industry returns, and this predictability is at its strongest at the one-month horizon. We show that the cross section of factor returns shares this property and that industry momentum stems from factor momentum. Factor momentum transmits into the cross section of industry returns through variation in industries’ factor loadings. We show that momentum in "systematic industries," mimicking portfolios built from factors, subsumes industry momentum as does momentum in industry-neutral factors. Industry momentum is therefore a byproduct of factor momentum, not vice versa. Momentum concentrates in its entirety in the first few highest-eigenvalue factors.

Keywords: Factor momentum, factor investing, industry momentum, principal component factors

JEL Classification: G1, G14

Suggested Citation

Arnott, Robert D. and Clements, Mark and Kalesnik, Vitali and Linnainmaa, Juhani T., Factor Momentum (March 21, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3116974 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3116974

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