The previous literature on momentum investments has only considered the so called unconstrained momentum return. This paper will investigate budget constrained momentum returns by using two different datasets. The conclusion is that unconstrained momentum returns systematically overestimate the...

Trend following strategies have the reputation of being the holy grail of investment. This paper investigates the trend following strategy both from a theoretical and empirical perspective. This article also discusses conditional expected return and the drawdown with Value at Risk (VaR). VaR...

The purpose of this study is to discuss portfolio theory. More specifically how an investor can maximize a portfolio's expected return while at the same time trying to minimize portfolio risk. This will be done by looking at both international and Kuwaiti stock market data. One important...

In this paper we will discuss the relationship among volume, volatility and return momentum in global financial markets. It turns out that when the volatility is large i.e. the difference between the daily high price and the daily low price is large then the trading volume is also large. We also...