Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195710 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Financial Studies [ISSN:] 2227-7072 [Volume:] 6 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-28
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
We analyze a novel alpha momentum strategy that invests in stocks based on three-factor alphas which we estimate using daily returns. The empirical analysis for the U.S. and for Europe shows that (i) past alpha has power in predicting the cross-section of stock returns; (ii) alpha momentum exhibits less dynamic factor exposures than price momentum and (iii) alpha momentum dominates price momentum only in the U.S. Connecting both strategies to behavioral explanations, alpha momentum is more related to an underreaction to firm-specific news while price momentum is primarily driven by price overshooting due to momentum trading.
Subjects: 
alpha momentum
price momentum
stock-specific return
price overshooting
slow information diffusion
reversal
JEL: 
G11
G12
G14
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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