This paper develops a novel approach to measure the market expectations and term premia in the term structure of interest rates. Key components of this approach are generic impact measures of state variables in a Gaussian dynamic term structure model. These measures are inherent in a particular...

For 5,500 North American hedge funds following 11 different strategies, we analyse the stand-alone performance of these strategies using a stochastic discount factor approach. Employing the same data, we then consider the diversification benefits of each hedge fund strategy when combined with a...

Cryptocurrency returns are highly non-normal, casting doubt on the standard performance metrics. We apply almost stochastic dominance (ASD), which does not require any assumption about the return distribution or degree of risk aversion. From 29 long-short cryptocurrency factor portfolios, we...