Alpha Momentum and Price Momentum

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Hannah Hühn

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

Hendrik Scholz

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Date Written: 2013

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.

Keywords: Alpha momentum; price momentum; stock-specific return; price overshooting; slow information diffusion; reversal

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Hühn, Hannah and Scholz, Hendrik, Alpha Momentum and Price Momentum (2013). International Journal of Financial Studies, 2018, Vol. 6 (2), 49. DOI: 10.3390/ijfs6020049, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2287848 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2287848

Hannah Hühn (Contact Author)

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Hendrik Scholz

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ( email )

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Nürnberg, 90403
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