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When doing research on investing behavior, controlling for exposure to size, value, and momentum will reduce the effect of alpha.
True. Since alpha is considered the excess return attributable to a manager's skill, controlling for it will reduce the role of that skill. Over the past few decades, that has raised the bar for being a truly skilled manager.
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Research has found that the stronger the factor attribute (such as momentum, quality, etc.), _______.
The higher the excess return. The stronger the factor attribute, the higher the excess return.
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What is beta?
How strongly an asset's returns move with the market's returns. How strongly an asset's returns move with the market's returns.
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Rational factor theory deals with how the market prices _______.
Risks. Factor investing is thus about finding the optimal portfolio of factor risks.
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What is a factor?
An attribute of an asset that both explains and produces excess return. An attribute of an asset that both explains and produces excess return.
