Abnormal Returns:
The low volatility effect has some profound implications for corporate finance as well.
Since Facebook is much in the news, does
the low volatility effect help explain the underperformance of IPOs?
Standard and Poor's research article «
The Low Volatility Effect: A Comprehensive Look» references empirical evidence illustrating that low volatility investing outperforms the broad market on a risk - adjusted basis over the long term.
What this research also shows is that
the low volatility effect is seen over full market cycles.
Low volatility stocks tend to trade at a discount to the broad market and, of course, to high volatility stocks; the magnitude of the discount is highly variable, 2 but
the low volatility effect has nonetheless been durable (see Table 1).
Historical Record
The low volatility effect has been known so long1 and studied so extensively that there is little danger it will be discredited as a statistical fluke or a by - product of incomplete or erroneous data.
A simple, direct explanation of
the low volatility effect is that many investors willingly accept lottery - like risk in pursuit of better - than - average returns.
This blog extends the study of
the low volatility effect to U.S. preferred stocks.
Not exact matches
The post ties in with SRSV's lecture on non-conventional monetary policies, particularly the side -
effect of market addiction to
low volatility, and the lecture on price distortions, particularly the section on feedback loops.
The materials sector is 5 per cent
lower than at end October and has shown considerable
volatility during the period because of the conflicting
effects of strong increases in metals prices and concerns about the appreciation of the Australian dollar.
In extended hours trading, these announcements may occur during trading, and if combined with
lower liquidity and higher
volatility, may cause an exaggerated and unsustainable
effect on the price of a security.
I believe much of the recent market
volatility really results from the second - and third - order
effects of
lower commodity prices.
Despite the strong start to the year, profits are in danger of weakening because of the higher
volatility that has been caused by instability in the Chinese economy and the ripple
effects that have sent global markets
lower.
When combined, the offsetting
effect can compress the range of investment outcomes, which
lowers total
volatility.
Since delta includes
volatility as a factor (in d1), regardless of whether
volatility is high or
low as long as the price change has a proportionate
effect on the expected value then delta may not be jumping around as much as you think.
Funneling price through market makers has the
effect of
lowering volatility; depending on how you trade, that can be an advantage or disadvantage.
Minimum
volatility strategies seek to decrease the
effects of the market's ups and downs over time by providing equity investors
lower risk alternatives to traditional equity portfolios.
In their March 2013 paper entitled «Country and Sector Drive
Low - Volatility Investing in Global Equity Markets», Sanne de Boer, Janet Campagna and James Norman investigate the role of country and sector effects in low - volatility investing across global stock marke
Low -
Volatility Investing in Global Equity Markets», Sanne de Boer, Janet Campagna and James Norman investigate the role of country and sector effects in low - volatility investing across global stoc
Volatility Investing in Global Equity Markets», Sanne de Boer, Janet Campagna and James Norman investigate the role of country and sector
effects in
low - volatility investing across global stock marke
low -
volatility investing across global stoc
volatility investing across global stock markets.
In their July 2016 paper entitled «The Profitability of
Low Volatility», David Blitz and Milan Vidojevic examine whether: (1) any of several models expose a conventional return - for - risk market beta effect for stocks; and, (2) the low - volatility effect is distinct from a low - beta effe
Low Volatility», David Blitz and Milan Vidojevic examine whether: (1) any of several models expose a conventional return - for - risk market beta effect for stocks; and, (2) the low - volatility effect is distinct from a low - be
Volatility», David Blitz and Milan Vidojevic examine whether: (1) any of several models expose a conventional return - for - risk market beta
effect for stocks; and, (2) the
low - volatility effect is distinct from a low - beta effe
low -
volatility effect is distinct from a low - be
volatility effect is distinct from a
low - beta effe
low - beta
effect.
Tha way I would buy
low implied and sell high implied
volatility, I would capture the same skew
effect but with less transaction costs.
I made this point before with
low volatility funds, showing how to find
lower cost ETFs that have the same
effect.
Adding to the
effect is the heightened importance placed on
low -
volatility / high - momentum stocks.