Question: Source for U.S. Stock Returns and U.S. Treasury Bill Rates: Kenneth R. French Data Library (http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html) For defintions of Fama-French Factors (Mkt_RF, SMB, & HML),

Source for U.S. Stock Returns and U.S. Treasury Bill Rates: Kenneth R. French Data Library (http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html)
For defintions of Fama-French Factors (Mkt_RF, SMB, & HML), see: http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/Data_Library/f-f_factors.html
For definitions of UMD and bottom (m1) and top (m10) momentum deciles, see:



http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/Data_Library/det_mom_factor.html and http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/Data_Library/det_10_port_form_pr_12_2.html











date Mkt_RF SMB HML RF Momentum (UMD) m1 (bottom decile) m10 (top decile) m1_RF m10_RF mom_10_minus_1
1927 29.47 -2.5 -3.67 3.12 23.51 14.73 67.13 11.61 64.01 52.4
1928 35.39 4.2 -6.15 3.56 28.06 17.44 88.43 13.88 84.87 70.99
1929 -19.54 -30.79 11.83 4.75 20.63 -58.7 -30.51 -63.45 -35.26 28.19
1930 -31.23 -5.13 -12.28 2.41 25.58 -54.99 -20.98 -57.4 -23.39 34.01
1931 -45.11 3.53 -14.29 1.07 23.99 -64.73 -22.13 -65.8 -23.2 42.6
1932 -9.39 4.68 10.16 0.96 -21.08 4.91 -23.19 3.95 -24.15 -28.1
1933 57.05 48.94 28.27 0.3 19.74 55.32 50.87 55.02 50.57 -4.45
1934 3.02 25.45 -27.37 0.16 17.31 -7.03 16.78 -7.19 16.62 23.81
1935 44.96 6.76 14.73 0.17 21.33 25.36 73.65 25.19 73.48 48.29
1936 32.07 17.87 35.86 0.18 5.89 32.07 45 31.89 44.82 12.93
1937 -34.96 -14 -3.97 0.31 -4.36 -46.29 -45.85 -46.6 -46.16 0.44
1938 28.48 9.35 -12.18 -0.02 -1.69 32.5 25.23 32.52 25.25 -7.27
1939 2.7 5.85 -19.17 0.02 0.88 -11.22 -0.14 -11.24 -0.16 11.08
1940 -7.14 0.76 -0.85 0 5.99 -15.67 -3.34 -15.67 -3.34 12.33
1941 -10.53 -4.04 11.13 0.06 9.14 -28.58 -9 -28.64 -9.06 19.58
1942 16.2 5.05 19.87 0.27 -15.54 38.76 18.67 38.49 18.4 -20.09
1943 27.96 33.35 38.97 0.35 14.24 37.24 51.83 36.89 51.48 14.59
1944 20.97 17.98 15.64 0.33 10.75 21.67 33.38 21.34 33.05 11.71
1945 38.38 25.59 11.4 0.33 15.38 42.15 75.25 41.82 74.92 33.1
1946 -6.73 -3.78 2.98 0.35 5.34 -16.54 -3.8 -16.89 -4.15 12.74
1947 2.95 -7.08 9.76 0.5 13.85 -13.15 5.03 -13.65 4.53 18.18
1948 1.07 -9.14 3.52 0.81 11.86 -14.33 8.52 -15.14 7.71 22.85
1949 19.12 3.93 -4.55 1.1 0.35 30.5 27.4 29.4 26.3 -3.1
1950 28.82 0.93 27.01 1.2 15.38 17.46 34.98 16.26 33.78 17.52
1951 19.22 -5.1 -5.62 1.49 11.63 13.37 21.04 11.88 19.55 7.67
1952 11.8 -7.02 4.05 1.66 9.01 3.17 18.4 1.51 16.74 15.23
1953 -1.05 -0.8 -8.7 1.82 16.32 -19.72 -0.68 -21.54 -2.5 19.04
1954 49.35 -2.46 25.74 0.86 10.34 48.65 65.31 47.79 64.45 16.66
1955 23.75 -6.76 5.71 1.57 14.05 13.88 39.07 12.31 37.5 25.19
1956 5.9 -1.38 -1.07 2.46 19.04 -6.11 12.48 -8.57 10.02 18.59
1957 -13.16 -2.76 -6.42 3.14 9.9 -25.44 -1.81 -28.58 -4.95 23.63
1958 43.45 14.78 13.14 1.54 -9.56 71.77 53.01 70.23 51.47 -18.76
1959 9.76 5.59 1.51 2.95 19.23 -2.06 35.21 -5.01 32.26 37.27
1960 -1.46 -2.69 -4.67 2.66 17.21 -13.43 17.67 -16.09 15.01 31.1
1961 24.81 0.07 7.11 2.13 10.75 33.64 30.29 31.51 28.16 -3.35
1962 -12.9 -8.62 9.29 2.73 11.96 -20.14 -9.59 -22.87 -12.32 10.55
1963 17.84 -5.82 15.47 3.12 11.67 6.85 28.95 3.73 25.83 22.1
1964 12.54 -1.08 10.09 3.54 4.7 8.79 20.64 5.25 17.1 11.85
1965 10.52 21.68 7.53 3.93 20.55 22.24 51.6 18.31 47.67 29.36
1966 -13.51 2.68 -0.86 4.76 10.47 -15.44 5.39 -20.2 0.63 20.83
1967 24.49 51.09 -8.92 4.21 22.49 36.65 66.12 32.44 61.91 29.47
1968 8.79 24.52 18.56 5.21 2.24 20.29 32.67 15.08 27.46 12.38
1969 -17.54 -13.97 -9.86 6.58 9.86 -35.66 -5.92 -42.24 -12.5 29.74
1970 -6.49 -11.68 22.46 6.52 -3.22 -20.59 -8.96 -27.11 -15.48 11.63
1971 11.78 5.73 -11.18 4.39 3.54 11.75 28.56 7.36 24.17 16.81
1972 13.05 -11.94 1.79 3.84 15.55 -4.6 30.57 -8.44 26.73 35.17
1973 -26.24 -23.5 18.19 6.93 29.27 -53.22 -3.42 -60.15 -10.35 49.8
1974 -35.74 -0.62 10.03 8 8.31 -39.18 -31.25 -47.18 -39.25 7.93
1975 32.45 15.52 8.87 5.8 -18.8 55.38 41.01 49.58 35.21 -14.37
1976 21.89 14.61 24.77 5.08 7.43 18.08 34.6 13 29.52 16.52
1977 -8.27 22.95 7.48 5.12 17.87 -17.68 15.24 -22.8 10.12 32.92
1978 1.03 14.35 0.52 7.18 12.05 -0.76 30.26 -7.94 23.08 31.02
1979 13.08 21.62 -1.52 10.38 27.02 16.95 58.24 6.57 47.86 41.29
1980 22.12 5.53 -25.17 11.24 37.13 29.8 53.74 18.56 42.5 23.94
1981 -18.13 7.31 25.17 14.71 -8.32 -0.65 -14.09 -15.36 -28.8 -13.44
1982 10.66 8.94 13.62 10.54 34.67 -11.2 35.29 -21.74 24.75 46.49
1983 13.75 13.74 20.59 8.8 -9.9 34.17 16.35 25.37 7.55 -17.82
1984 -6.06 -8.15 19.31 9.85 9.16 -20.47 -3.75 -30.32 -13.6 16.72
1985 24.91 0.27 1.1 7.72 14.83 10.62 36.27 2.9 28.55 25.65
1986 10.12 -9.78 9.25 6.16 8.37 -2.21 18.86 -8.37 12.7 21.07
1987 -3.87 -11.05 -1.53 5.47 -3.71 -8.4 10.51 -13.87 5.04 18.91
1988 11.55 5.95 14.91 6.35 -5.46 17.99 12.6 11.64 6.25 -5.39
1989 20.49 -12.58 -4.42 8.37 28 -9.82 40.84 -18.19 32.47 50.66
1990 -13.95 -14.21 -9.63 7.81 17.64 -41.61 -6.85 -49.42 -14.66 34.76
1991 29.17 16.07 -14.63 5.6 14.57 26 60.27 20.4 54.67 34.27
1992 6.23 7.59 24.29 3.51 3.15 7.43 19.15 3.92 15.64 11.72
1993 8.21 5.86 19.02 2.9 23.77 0.81 35.39 -2.09 32.49 34.58
1994 -4.11 -1.49 -0.81 3.9 3.24 -3.4 -0.14 -7.3 -4.04 3.26
1995 31.21 -7.8 1.51 5.6 17.75 17.81 35.33 12.21 29.73 17.52
1996 15.97 -2.35 3.21 5.21 6.64 14.59 18.1 9.38 12.89 3.51
1997 25.97 -5.2 13.11 5.26 11.85 5.26 32.93 0 27.67 27.67
1998 19.46 -24.91 -10.24 4.86 23.38 0.54 54.61 -4.32 49.75 54.07
1999 20.56 15.18 -33.96 4.68 34.61 13.03 63.02 8.35 58.34 49.99
2000 -17.59 -1.58 39.39 5.89 15.01 -47.49 -21.93 -53.38 -27.82 25.56
2001 -15.2 18.59 18.66 3.83 4.77 -17.27 -7.46 -21.1 -11.29 9.81
2002 -22.76 3.58 10.5 1.65 25.68 -36.65 -10.98 -38.3 -12.63 25.67
2003 30.75 27.69 5.19 1.02 -24.53 79.94 41.32 78.92 40.3 -38.62
2004 10.72 5.12 9.9 1.2 -0.39 22.73 9.11 21.53 7.91 -13.62
2005 3.09 -2.14 9.21 2.98 14.87 2.19 19.13 -0.79 16.15 16.94
2006 10.6 0.25 14.48 4.8 -7.66 22.54 4.08 17.74 -0.72 -18.46
2007 1.04 -8.17 -12.23 4.66 21.56 -18.83 24.58 -23.49 19.92 43.41
2008 -38.34 3.85 0.88 1.6 13.26 -69.25 -39.68 -70.85 -41.28 29.57
2009 28.26 8.53 -5.7 0.1 -83.02 131.45 12.33 131.35 12.23 -119.12
2010 17.37 13.67 -3.06 0.12 6.07 23.99 32 23.87 31.88 8.01
2011 0.44 -6.08 -6.46 0.04 7.34 -28.75 -7.83 -28.79 -7.87 20.92
2012 16.28 0.34 8.02 0.06 1.22 15 17.79 14.94 17.73 2.79
2013 35.19 7.94 0.1 0.02 8.63 45.48 43.17 45.46 43.15 -2.31
2014 11.7 -7.98 -3.29 0.02 1.54 2.68 14.21 2.66 14.19 11.53


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