Herding in Smart-Beta Investment Products
29 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2019
Date Written: March 18, 2019
Abstract
We highlight herding of investors as one major risk factor that is typically ignored in statistical approaches to portfolio modelling and risk management. Our survey focuses on smart-beta investing where such methods and investor herding seem particularly relevant but its negative effects have not yet come to the fore. We point out promising and novel approaches of modelling herding risk which merit empirical analysis. This financial economists' perspective supplements the vast statistical exploration of implementing factor strategies.
Keywords: herding, factor investing, risk
JEL Classification: G12, G14, G40
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