Risk and Return of Factor Portfolios

Research Paper
March 10, 2013
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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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