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Risk and Return of Factor Portfolios
Mar 10, 2013
Pure factor portfolios have unit exposure to the particular factor, and zero exposure to all other factors. Such portfolios, however, are not uniquely specified because they depend on the regression weighting scheme used for their construction. In this Research Insight, we investigate the risk and return characteristics of pure factor portfolios under several different regression weighting schemes.
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Research authors
- Zoltán Nagy, Executive Director, MSCI Research
- Jose Menchero