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CHAPMAN & HALL/CRC FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS SERIES
Quantitative Equity
Portfolio
Management
Modern Techniques and
Applications
Edward E. Qian, Ronald H. Hua,
and Eric H. Sorensen
Boca Raton London New York
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Qian, Edward E.
Quantitative equity portfolio management : modern techniques and
applications / Edward E. Qian, Ronald H. Hua, and Eric H. Sorensen.
p. cm. ‑‑ (Chapman & Hall/CRC financial mathematics series ; 6)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN‑13: 978‑1‑58488‑558‑0
ISBN‑10: 1‑58488‑558‑0
1. Portfolio management‑‑Mathematical models. I. Hua, Ronald H. II.
Sorensen, Eric H. III. Title. IV. Series.
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Contents
Preface, xi
Abstract, xiii
About the Authors, xv
Chapter 1 < Introduction: Beliefs, Risk, and Process
INfORMATION CAPTURe
1.1 BelIefs
1.2 RIsk
1.3 QUANTITATIVe INVesTMeNT PROCess
1.4
1.5 The ChAPTeRs
APPeNDIX: PsYChOlOGY AND BehAVIOR fINANCe
A1.1 ADVANCes IN PsYChOlOGY
A1.2 BehAVIORAl fINANCe
A1.3 BehAVIORAl MODels
RefeReNCes
eNDNOTes
Part I
Chapter 2 < Portfolio Theory
2.1 DIsTRIBUTIONs Of INVesTMeNT ReTURNs
2.2 OPTIMAl PORTfOlIOs
2.3 CAPITAl AsseT PRICING MODel
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2.4 ChARACTeRIsTIC PORTfOlIOs
PROBleMs
RefeReNCes
Chapter 3 < Risk Models and Risk Analysis
3.1 ARBITRAGe PRICING TheORY AND APT MODels
3.2 RIsk ANAlYsIs
3.3 CONTRIBUTION TO VAlUe AT RIsk
PROBleMs
RefeReNCes
Part II
Chapter 4 < evaluation of Alpha factors
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4.1 AlPhA PeRfORMANCe BeNChMARks: The RATIOs 81
4.2 sINGle-PeRIOD skIll: INfORMATION COeffICIeNT 83
4.3 MUlTIPeRIOD Ex AntE INfORMATION RATIO
94
100
4.4 eMPIRICAl eXAMPles
PROBleMs
108
110
RefeReNCes
Chapter 5 < Quantitative factors
5.1 VAlUe fACTORs
5.2 QUAlITY fACTORs
5.3 MOMeNTUM fACTORs
APPeNDIX A5.1:
APPeNDIX A5.2: NeT OPeRATING AsseTs (NOA)
RefeReNCes
eNDNOTes
fACTOR DefINITION
Chapter 6 < Valuation Techniques and Value Creation
6.1 VAlUATION fRAMewORk
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162
6.2 fRee CAsh flOw
6.3 MODelING The BUsINess eCONOMICs Of A fIRM 167
6.4 COsT Of CAPITAl
172
6.5 eXPlICIT PeRIOD, fADe PeRIOD, AND
TeRMINAl VAlUe
6.6 AN eXAMPle: CheeseCAke fACTORY, INC. (CAke)
6.7 MUlTIPATh DIsCOUNTeD CAsh flOw ANAlYsIs
6.8 MUlTIPATh DCf ANAlYsIs (MDCf)
6.9 sUMMARY
PROBleMs
RefeReNCes
eNDNOTes
Chapter 7 < Multifactor Alpha Models
7.1
sINGle-PeRIOD COMPOsITe IC Of A
MUlTIfACTOR MODel
7.2 OPTIMAl AlPhA MODel: AN ANAlYTICAl
DeRIVATION
7.3 fACTOR CORRelATION Vs. IC CORRelATION
7.4 COMPOsITe AlPhA MODel wITh
ORThOGONAlIzeD fACTORs
7.5 fAMA–MACBeTh ReGRessION AND OPTIMAl
AlPhA MODel
PROBleMs
APPeNDIX A7.1:
APPeNDIX A7.2:
RefeReNCes
INVeRse Of A PARTITIONeD MATRIX
DeCOMPOsITION Of MUlTIVARIATe
ReGRessION
Part III
Chapter 8 < Portfolio Turnover and Optimal Alpha Model
8.1 PAssIVe PORTfOlIO DRIfT
8.2 TURNOVeR Of fIXeD-weIGhT PORTfOlIOs
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8.3 TURNOVeR DUe TO fOReCAsT ChANGe
8.4 TURNOVeR Of COMPOsITe fOReCAsTs
INfORMATION hORIzON AND lAGGeD
8.5
fOReCAsTs
8.6 OPTIMAl AlPhA MODel UNDeR TURNOVeR
CONsTRAINTs
8.7 sMAll TRADes AND TURNOVeR
PROBleMs
APPeNDIX A8.1: ReDUCTION IN AlPhA eXPOsURe
RefeReNCes
eNDNOTes
Chapter 9 < Advanced Alpha Modeling Techniques
9.1 The ReTURN-GeNeRATING eQUATION
9.2 CONTeXTUAl MODelING
9.3 MATheMATICAl ANAlYsIs Of CONTeXTUAl
MODelING
9.4 eMPIRICAl eXAMINATION Of CONTeXTUAl
APPROACh
9.5 PeRfORMANCe Of CONTeXTUAl MODels
9.6 seCTOR Vs. CONTeXTUAl MODelING
9.7 MODelING NONlINeAR effeCTs
9.8 sUMMARY
PROBleMs
APPeNDIX A9.1: MODel DIsTANCe TesT
RefeReNCes
Chapter 10 < factor Timing Models
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10.1 CAleNDAR effeCT: BehAVIORAl ReAsONs
10.2 CAleNDAR effeCT: eMPIRICAl ResUlTs
323
10.3 seAsONAl effeCT Of eARNINGs ANNOUNCeMeNT 336
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