Market timing with moving averages

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dc.contributor.authorGlabadanidis, P.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractI present evidence that a moving average (MA) trading strategy has a greater average return and skewness as well as a lower variance compared to buying and holding the underlying asset using monthly returns of value-weighted US decile portfolios sorted by market size, book-to-market, and momentum, and seven international markets as well as 18,000 individual US stocks. The MA strategy generates risk-adjusted returns of 3–7% per year after transaction costs. The performance of the MA strategy is driven largely by the volatility of stock returns and resembles the payoffs of an at-the-money protective put on the underlying buy-and-hold return. Conditional factor models with macroeconomic variables, especially the default premium, can explain some of the abnormal returns. Standard market timing tests reveal ample evidence regarding the timing ability of the MA strategy.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityPaskalis Glabadanidis
dc.identifier.citationInternational Review of Finance, 2015; 15(3):387-425
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/irfi.12052
dc.identifier.issn1369-412X
dc.identifier.issn1468-2443
dc.identifier.orcidGlabadanidis, P. [0000-0003-0247-8430]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/107691
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights© 2015 International Review of Finance Ltd. 2015
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/irfi.12052
dc.subjectG11; G12; G14
dc.titleMarket timing with moving averages
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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