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Factors: Shorting Stocks vs the Index

Do Short Stock Positions Contribute to Factor Returns?

Nicolas Rabener
10 min read
30 Jul 2018

SUMMARY

  • Most factor investing research is based on long-short stock portfolios
  • Investible risk premia strategies often feature a short index position
  • Trade-off between theoretical alpha and implementation costs & efficiency

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