TY - JOUR T1 - Is There Momentum in Cross-Sectional Anomalies? JF - The Journal of Wealth Management SP - 78 LP - 88 DO - 10.3905/jwm.2009.12.3.078 VL - 12 IS - 3 AU - Jarkko Peltomäki AU - Emilia Peni Y1 - 2009/10/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/12/3/78.abstract N2 - This article examines the performance of Tactical Stock Allocation, which is based on anomalous behavior of stocks. Specifically, it uses the Fama and French [1993] Small-Minus-Big and High-Minus-Low factors and price-to-earnings ratio sorted returns over the period from 1970 to 2007 to characterize the anomalies. The authors find that a diversified strategy of tactical investing on these factors is capable of producing abnormal returns. However, tactical investing on the first two characterized anomalies is inferior to that of the price-earnings anomaly for the most recent period, thus implying changes in investors’ return-chasing behavior. Moreover, the evidence suggests that the anomalies related to the ratios exhibit momentum, and investors should invest in the best-performing anomaly of the month.TOPICS: Factor-based models, security analysis and valuation, portfolio construction, performance measurement ER -