Explore differences between
accessing high beta stocks with either mutual funds or ETFs, as well as the best options for long - term holds and trading.
The factor portfolio that goes long in low beta stocks and short
in high beta stocks carries with it a substantial negative net beta, which contributes to the volatility of the factor.8
My point was that if you
select high beta stocks during a bull market you should expect to outperform the averages, and likewise, when the market turns down you should expect to underperform significantly.
The strong quarterly performance of
high beta stocks makes sense when you consider that high beta can outpace low volatility during periods of rising 10 - year Treasury yields and stronger economic growth, when investor demand for defensive stocks may ease.
GMO's Investment Strategist Jeremy Grantham has noted that
high beta stocks underperform the market during bear markets (suffering a peak to trough real return of -9 percent).
Conversely, if you are seeking potentially higher returns in exchange for higher risk,
higher beta stocks may generally be a good match.
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When I read about Beta, I wonder about just buying and holding
the highest Beta stocks on earth for the long run.
Of course, the same holds true for when the market is down 1 %,
a high beta stock will be down more than 1 %, while a low beta should be down less than 1 %.
This also means that
a high beta stock will fall more than the index when the broad market goes down.
In sectors, financials and energy were weak —
high beta stocks that have done well since Trump's election.