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Did the alpha significantly decay between periods?

A strategy's alpha is estimated in two periods. In the early period it is 6.06.0 bp with standard error 2.02.0 bp (z3.0z \approx 3.0, significant). In the later period it is 2.02.0 bp with standard error 1.51.5 bp (z1.33z \approx 1.33, not significant). A portfolio manager concludes the alpha has "significantly decayed."

Test whether the change in alpha between periods is statistically significant, and explain why the two separate p-values do not establish decay.

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