Creating Fama and French Factors with Style

Posted: 23 Apr 2003

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Robert W. Faff

University of Queensland; Bond University

Abstract

This paper utilizes Frank Russell style portfolios to create useful proxies for the Fama and French (1993) factors. The proxy-mimicking portfolios are shown to represent a pervasive source of exposure across U.S. industry portfolios and to generally possess similar properties to those utilized in the finance literature. Further, a set of multivariate asset-pricing tests of the three-factor Fama and French asset-pricing (FF) model based on the proxy factors fail to reject the model. However, they do not reveal strong evidence of significantly positive risk premiums, particularly in the case of the size and book-to-market factors.

Suggested Citation

Faff, Robert W., Creating Fama and French Factors with Style. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=395892

Robert W. Faff (Contact Author)

University of Queensland ( email )

St Lucia
Brisbane, Queensland 4072
Australia

Bond University ( email )

Gold Coast, QLD 4229
Australia

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