Irvine Valley College Factor Frenzy Answer Sheet
Description
Analysis Guidance
- FF Factors and RF rate included in corresponding file (0.05 = 5%).
- Pick your 5-10 stocks following the restrictions listed in the project description.
- Use Yahoo! Finance to download ten years of monthly prices (use adjusted close price).
- Calculate individual stock returns as the change in monthly prices from Yahoo! using the formula in the project description.
- Calculate your monthly portfolio returns starting with equal weights in all stocks
- Use the first five years (before investment begins) to find the optimal weights (long only) for your portfolio using the optimization method of your choice (use the 5 year average rf rate if you optimize with the Sharpe ratio).
- Use these weights to calculate your portfolio returns on the last five years (time you are actually invested).
- Regress your portfolio returns on the FF 3 Factors.
- Regress your portfolio returns on the FF 5 Factors.
- Run an F-Test between your two model specifications.
- Answer the questions on the Project Answer sheet
- Growth of $10,000
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