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Lecture 24 Ranking Universes by Factors - a few questions to ask
Peter Chan
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Really like this lecture, which for me is key, as it speaks to the fundamental law of active management (Grinold and Kahn) and in particular the information coefficient.

  1. Want to verify the code on the Monthly Returns - should the window length be like 22 (not 30)
  2. Should the month_forward_returns variable be shifted by -1
  3. What level for the mean rank correlation coefficient should be good enough as initial evidence for predictive ability ie looking for a ballpark estimate/benchmark to meet before taking the next step of including the factor in a backtest
  4. Similarly for the level of mean spread between high - low decile (monthly basis)
  5. Same for spread consistency - some metrics to guide me eg number months positive spread or something on its dispersion I guess...

Thanks

Peter

3 responses
Delaney Mackenzie

Hello Peter,

Great questions. 1 and 2 are bugs in the lecture we will fix ASAP. Points 3-5 aren't really covered in this lecture, but we're currently working on material that should answer those questions. Things like consistency of spread, size of spread, predictive window length, correlation between different spread, etc, are all important analysis points and we hope to be able to cover them.

Thanks,
Delaney

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Peter Chan

Hi Delaney

Ok understood, look forward to the new material.

In the meantime, I'll look at some of the other well-known factors like value, momentum to get a feel for the numbers.

Thanks

Peter

Gil Wassermann

Hey Peter,

We have actually been working on building up a library of common factors. It is still very much in its development and testing stage, so no guarantees about quality, but if you want to have a peek at it, here is the link https://github.com/quantopian/algorithm-component-library/blob/master/factors_project/factors_all.py .

Hopefully this is helpful!

Best,

Gil

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