PB was a notable laggard at the beginning of the data, and slightly
underperformed over the full period, but the composite was the better bet only 36 percent of the time.
Not exact matches
The composite, which selects portfolios by equally weighting the PE, PB and PCF ratios, delivers a performance
over the
full period that beats out PE and PB, and slightly
underperforms PCF on a compound basis.The composite ratio generates an average annual return that beats out PCF, and PE, but slightly
underperforms PB.
Though the value decile outperformed
over the
full period, it only outperformed the market in 3 out of 7 years, which means that the value decile
underperformed the Russell 3000 more than half the time.
All the returns are improved, but the strategies continue to
underperform the simple buy - and - hold strategy
over the
full period.
While the PCF ratio delivered the better return
over the
full period, it
underperformed the combo in 58 percent of rolling 10 - year
periods.
The other strategies
underperformed to the extent that they remained out of the market: The strategy that kicked into cash at the mean returned 13.4 percent yearly, the strategy that kicked into cash at one standard deviation above the mean returned 18.15 percent yearly, and the strategy that kicked into cash at two standard deviations above the mean returned 19.36 percent compound
over the
full period.