Grice shows that over long periods of time low beta stocks
outperform high beta stocks due in part to this:
Not exact matches
How can investors best exploit research showing that low -
beta (
high -
beta)
stocks tend to
outperform (underperform)?
These flows have, in turn, led to additional price appreciation for low -
beta and
high - quality
stocks as the
outperforming managers plow subscription funds into the
stocks that they currently own.
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 late Robert Haugen wrote a couple of books in the late 90's based on his research showing that low -
beta stock portfolios
outperform high -
beta ones contradicting the CAPM within the asset class (it holds better between asset classes).
The low volatility anomaly research shows that in contrast to established academic research
stocks with lower volatility (or
beta) actually
outperform higher volatility.