Not accounting for the dynamism of relative risks in asset classes means most investors
underperform on a risk adjusted basis over the course of the cycle.
Of the 31 funds in tables above, only 7 have
underperformed on a risk adjusted basis during the past three years, while 22 have outperformed.
Not exact matches
Individual investors who trade equity options
underperform those who do not by a
risk -
adjusted average of 1 % (2.75 %) per month
based on gross (net) returns.
The chart shows that the fund started to
underperform on a
risk -
adjusted basis long before the onset of the financial crisis.
The above historical performance figures from Morningstar indicate that the fund had a higher volatility (expressed as a standard deviation of returns) and
underperformed the S&P 500 ® index, its best - fit benchmark,
on a
risk -
adjusted basis (Sharpe Ratio) in both the three - and five - year trailing periods.
To be sure, while focusing
on factor and smart beta strategies has historically, over longer periods of time, earned higher
risk -
adjusted returns relative to the broader market, there have been stretches, even long ones, when factor -
based approaches
underperformed (think value during the 1990s), according to data accessible via Bloomberg.
One thing that I want to make clear is that this doesn't mean that all multi-asset class portfolios will
underperform the S&P 500 Index
on a
risk -
adjusted basis.
Chalmers and Reuter found that the broker clients
underperformed the non-advised investors by approximately 2 % per year
on a
risk -
adjusted basis.
The analysis reveals, Large Cap Mutual Funds
underperform S&P BSE 100
on a
risk adjusted basis over long term (analysis
based on data from Jan» 91 - Feb» 17)