Dashan Huang - Twin Momentum Investor

Dashan Huang Strategy Explanation Video

Dashan Huang is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. His paper "Twin Momentum" looked at combining traditional price momentum with improving fundamentals to generate market outperformance. In the paper, he identified seven fundamental variables (earnings, return on equity, return on assets, accrual operating profitability to equity, cash operating profitability to assets, gross profit to assets and net payout ratio) that he combined into a single fundamental momentum measure. He showed that stocks in the top 20% of the universe according to that measure outperformed the market going forward. When he combined that measure with price momentum, he was able to double its outperformance.
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Since 2008, this portfolio has returned 875.9%, outperforming the market by 576.7% using its optimal monthly rebalancing period and 10 stock portfolio size.

Twin Momentum
S&P 500
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Dashan Huang - Twin Momentum Investor

Validea used the investment strategy outlined in the paper Twin Momentum written by Dashan Huang to create our Twin Momentum Investor portfolio.

This strategy looks for stocks with strong fundamental and price momentum. Fundamental momentum is determined using a combination of seven variables: earnings, return on equity, return on assets, accrual operating profitability to equity, cash operating profitability to assets, gross profit to assets and net payout ratio. Price momentum is determined using the most recent twelve month period excluding the latest month. When these two types of momentum were combined together, Huang found that the result was significant outperformance over the market.

Twin Momentum by Dashan Huang

Current Top Rated Stocks

The current top 10 highest rated stocks according to this strategy.

Ticker Current
Score
FTNT 100%
AMRC 100%
INMD 100%
STM 100%
SPSC 100%
ENTG 100%
DECK 100%
GOLF 100%
BMCH 100%
SCPL 100%
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Optimal portfolios presented on Validea.com represent the rebalancing period that has led to the best historical performance for each of our equity models. Each optimal portfolio was determined after the fact with performance information that was not available at portfolio inception. As a result, an investor could not have invested in the optimal portfolio since its inception. Optimal portfolios are presented to allow investors to quickly determine the portfolio size and rebalancing period that has performed best for each of our models in our historical testing.

Both the model portfolio and benchmark returns presented for all equity portfolios on Validea.com are not inclusive of dividends. Returns for our ETF portfolios and trend following system, and the benchmarks they are compared to, are inclusive of dividends. The S&P 500 is presented as a benchmark because it is the most widely followed benchmark of the overall US market and is most often used by investors for return comparison purposes. As with any investment strategy, there is potential for profit as well as the possibility of loss and investors may incur a loss despite a past history of gains. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Results will vary with economic and market conditions.