Related Securities and the Cross-Section of Stock Return Momentum: Evidence From Credit Default Swaps (CDS)

98 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2016 Last revised: 11 Oct 2021

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Jongsub Lee

Seoul National University; University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration

Andy Naranjo

University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration

Stace Sirmans

Auburn University

Date Written: May 9, 2018

Abstract

We document that stock return momentum strategies earn 20% more per year among firms with strong alignment in their past equity and credit returns than firms with diverging returns across these two markets. Using structural Q-theory, we show information in both equity and credit from the full liability side of a firm’s balance sheet reveals unobserved asset return momentum that explains cross-sectional variations in stock return momentum. We complement this rationale with limited arbitrage in equity and credit markets to further explain our findings during financial market dislocations. We also show that multi-market related securities signals hedge stock momentum crashes.

Keywords: Related securities, stock return momentum, momentum crashes, credit default swaps, multi-market momentum signals, aligned/misaligned momentum, asset return momentum, asset substitution, limits to arbitrage, crash risk management.

JEL Classification: G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Lee, Jongsub and Naranjo, Andy and Sirmans, Stace, Related Securities and the Cross-Section of Stock Return Momentum: Evidence From Credit Default Swaps (CDS) (May 9, 2018). Paris December 2016 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2787510 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2787510

Jongsub Lee (Contact Author)

Seoul National University ( email )

Kwanak-gu
Seoul, 151-742
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration ( email )

Department of Finance Insurance & Real Estate
P.O. Box 117168
Gainesville, FL 32611-7168
United States
352-273-4966 (Phone)
352-392-0301 (Fax)

Andy Naranjo

University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration ( email )

P.O. Box 117168
Gainesville, FL 32611-7168
United States
352-392-3781 (Phone)

Stace Sirmans

Auburn University ( email )

Auburn, AL 36849
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.stacesirmans.com

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