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title: Bonding with Style Investing: Value and Momentum in Corporate Bonds
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4924945/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4924945
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4924945
featured: 2024-08-15
citations: 0
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
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# Bonding with Style Investing: Value and Momentum in Corporate Bonds

Implementing smart beta strategies to corporate bonds can boost returns and diversify portfolios, with value and momentum strategies demonstrating significant alpha in U.S. investment-grade and high-yield bonds.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4924945
- Identifier: SSRN 4924945
- Released: 2024-08-01
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 61 (2024-08-15): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-08-15/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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