The top quintile of low volatility stocks delivered average monthly excess returns of.52, whereas the top
quintile of high volatility stocks delivered excess returns of.17, a 300 % difference.
Not exact matches
A comparison
of the median stock
volatility of the
highest and lowest
quintiles is significantly more striking: the median
volatility of the smallest stocks (50.5 %) is almost 100 % more volatile than the median
volatility of the largest stocks (25.5 %).
Although there's no relationship to speak
of in the middle
quintiles, the lowest
quintile of volatility shows the
highest average returns, and the
highest quintile of volatility shows the lowest average returns.
The
Quintile 1 portfolio, containing the least volatile bonds, had the lowest return and the
highest level
of realized portfolio
volatility.
Only one out
of the five
quintiles demonstrated a
higher annualized return than the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and none outperformed the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in terms
of return per unit
of volatility.