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Hwang, Soosung and Satchell, S. (Stephen) (2000) The disappearance of style in the US equity market. Working Paper. University of Warwick: Warwick Business School Financial Econometrics Research Centre. Working Papers Series, Vol.1999 (No.18).

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Abstract

This paper investigates the modelling of style returns in the US and the returns to
style "tilts" based on forecasts of enhanced future style returns. We use hidden
Markov model to build our forecasts. Our finding that style returns are less
forecastible in more recent years is consistent with the hypothesis that style returns
are the result of anomalies rather than risk premia. The erosion of anomalous
returns as public awareness of their presence is translated into strategies that
arbitrage away the excess returns seems to be a hypothesis consistent with our
modelling results.

Item Type:

Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HG Finance

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Financial Econometrics Research Centre
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Stocks -- United States, Risk -- Econometric models

Series Name:

Working Papers Series

Publisher:

Warwick Business School Financial Econometrics Research Centre

Place of Publication:

University of Warwick

Official Date:

10 April 2000

Dates:

Date	Event
10 April 2000	Published

Volume:

Vol.1999

Number:

No.18

Status:

Not Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

Alpha Strategies Ltd.

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