AlphaFocus Investment Research LLC is a limited liability company that focuses on quantitative investment research in global capital markets. Its research covers asset allocation, style/industry rotation, and the Smart Beta stock selection strategy using quantitative factor models. We offer Smart Beta strategies and ETF portfolios for institutional and individual investors. The investment objective is a high rate of return after risk adjustment.
Study the interrelationship of the economy and the financial market. Understand the drivers of different segments of market. For example, what drives the term structure of interest rates; what is the relationship between business cycle and sector/industry stock performance; etc.
Quantitative modeling of individual stock movement. Study the relationship between cross-sectional stock return and stock characteristics. Build quantitative factor model based on the generalized fundamental law of active management.
While financial returns are extremely difficult to predict, return volatility is relatively easy to forecast. The Nobel prize winning technique of ARCH/GARCH model is a very useful family of econometric model that can be used to predict return volatilities.
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