Quantitative Factors and Construction Methods Factor Name: Liquidity - **Construction Idea**: Measures the market's preference for high-liquidity assets, reflecting the demand for stocks with higher turnover rates [9][14] - **Construction Process**: - **TO**: Average logarithmic turnover rate over the past 243 trading days - **Liquidity Beta**: Regression of individual stock turnover rates against market turnover rates over the past 243 trading days [14] - **Evaluation**: Demonstrated the highest positive return among style factors in the recent week, indicating a significant increase in demand for high-liquidity assets [9] - **Performance**: Weekly return of 5.44%, monthly return of 13.08%, and annualized return of 33.79% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Volatility - **Construction Idea**: Captures the market's preference for high-volatility stocks, reflecting risk appetite [9][14] - **Construction Process**: - **Stdvol**: Standard deviation of daily returns over the past 243 trading days - **Ivff**: Fama-French 3-factor idiosyncratic volatility over the past 243 trading days - **Range**: Difference between the highest and lowest prices over the past 243 trading days - **MaxRet_6**: Average return of the six highest daily returns over the past 243 trading days - **MinRet_6**: Average return of the six lowest daily returns over the past 243 trading days [14] - **Evaluation**: Showed a significant improvement in weekly performance, reflecting increased market risk appetite [9] - **Performance**: Weekly return of 5.03%, monthly return of 12.37%, and annualized return of 25.55% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Beta - **Construction Idea**: Represents the market's preference for high-beta stocks, indicating sensitivity to market movements [9][14] - **Construction Process**: Bayesian shrinkage of market beta [14] - **Evaluation**: Significant weekly performance improvement, indicating a strong preference for high-beta stocks [9] - **Performance**: Weekly return of 4.28%, monthly return of 12.51%, and annualized return of 33.02% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Growth - **Construction Idea**: Measures the market's preference for growth-oriented stocks, focusing on financial growth metrics [9][14] - **Construction Process**: - **Delta ROE**: Average change in ROE over the past three years - **Sales Growth**: 3-year compound growth rate of TTM sales revenue - **Na Growth**: 3-year compound growth rate of TTM net assets [14] - **Evaluation**: Improved weekly performance, reflecting increased market interest in growth stocks [9] - **Performance**: Weekly return of 1.65%, monthly return of 0.77%, and annualized return of 1.32% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Certainty - **Construction Idea**: Reflects the market's preference for stocks with higher predictability and stability [10][14] - **Construction Process**: - **Instholder Pct**: Proportion of holdings by mutual funds - **Cov**: Analyst coverage adjusted for market capitalization - **Listdays**: Number of days since the stock's listing [14] - **Evaluation**: Experienced a significant decline in weekly performance, indicating reduced confidence in certainty-based strategies [10] - **Performance**: Weekly return of -3.99%, monthly return of -9.10%, and annualized return of -17.07% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Value - **Construction Idea**: Measures the market's preference for undervalued stocks based on valuation metrics [10][14] - **Construction Process**: - **BP**: Book-to-price ratio - **EP**: Earnings yield [14] - **Evaluation**: Significant decline in weekly performance, reflecting reduced market interest in value-based strategies [10] - **Performance**: Weekly return of -4.75%, monthly return of -8.10%, and annualized return of -16.96% over the past year [11] Factor Name: Size - **Construction Idea**: Captures the market's preference for small-cap stocks [10][14] - **Construction Process**: Logarithm of total market capitalization [14] - **Evaluation**: Experienced the largest decline among style factors, indicating reduced market interest in small-cap stocks [10] - **Performance**: Weekly return of -5.96%, monthly return of -12.84%, and annualized return of -54.81% over the past year [11] --- Factor Backtesting Results Weekly Performance - **Liquidity**: 5.44% - **Volatility**: 5.03% - **Beta**: 4.28% - **Growth**: 1.65% - **Certainty**: -3.99% - **Value**: -4.75% - **Size**: -5.96% [11] Monthly Performance - **Liquidity**: 13.08% - **Volatility**: 12.37% - **Beta**: 12.51% - **Growth**: 0.77% - **Certainty**: -9.10% - **Value**: -8.10% - **Size**: -12.84% [11] Annualized Performance (Past Year) - **Liquidity**: 33.79% - **Volatility**: 25.55% - **Beta**: 33.02% - **Growth**: 1.32% - **Certainty**: -17.07% - **Value**: -16.96% - **Size**: -54.81% [11]