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Mean-Reversion within Cluster Industries

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Academic paper

Clustering-Based Sector Investing

AuthorsMatteo Bagnara; Milad Goodarzi

Institute
  • DEGoethe University Frankfurt
  • Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord
  • DELeibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
  • ?EDHEC Business School - Scientific Portfolio

Strategy in a nutshell

Uses bisecting K-means clustering on firm characteristics to classify stocks into economically meaningful sectors, improving portfolio construction, mean-reversion trading, and investment strategy performance.

Economic rationale

Cluster-based sectors outperform traditional classification systems by enhancing sector cohesion, enabling higher return comovement, profitable strategies, and dynamic, stable sector representation for investors.

Backtest performance

Annualised return6.4%
Volatility6.5%
Sharpe ratio0.98