Backtest Period
1975-2014
Markets Traded
Currencies
Maximum Drawdown
-12.5%
Period of Rebalancing
Monthly
Return (Annual)
6.2%
Sharpe Ratio
1.1
Standard Deviation (Annual)
5.6%
Original paper
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Abstract
Past trends in fundamentals linked to economic activity and inflation predict currency returns. We find that a trading strategy that goes long currencies with strong economic momentum and short currencies with weak economic momentum exhibits an annualized Sharpe ratio of 0.70 and yields a significant alpha when controlling for standard carry, momentum, and value strategies. The economic momentum strategy subsumes the alpha of carry trades, suggesting that differences in past economic trends capture cross-country differences in carry.
Keywords: Carry trade, foreign exchange rates, predictability, trend following, trends.
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