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Title: Dynamic Trading with Predictable Returns and Transaction Costs

Author(s): Nicolae Bogdan Garleanu and Lasse Heje Pedersen

Publication Date: August 2009

Keyword(s): dynamic trading, portfolio choice, predictability and transaction costs

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics

Abstract: This paper derives in closed form the optimal dynamic portfolio policy when trading is costly and security returns are predictable by signals with different mean-reversion speeds. The optimal updated portfolio is a linear combination of the existing portfolio, the optimal portfolio absent trading costs, and the optimal portfolio based on future expected returns and transaction costs. Predictors with slower mean reversion (alpha decay) get more weight since they lead to a favorable positioning both now and in the future. We implement the optimal policy for commodity futures and show that the resulting portfolio has superior returns net of trading costs relative to more naive benchmarks. Finally, we derive natural equilibrium implications, including that demand shocks with faster mean reversion command a higher return premium.

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Garleanu, N and Pedersen, L. 2009. 'Dynamic Trading with Predictable Returns and Transaction Costs'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7392