Finally, This below data sourced from the Kenneth R. French data library at Bloomberg posit a compelling picture for Smart Beta
value tilt investors.
Not exact matches
Against this backdrop, while
investors probably shouldn't abandon the U.S. market, they may want to consider
tilting their stock portfolios toward sectors and geographies offering relative
value.
When the
investor is young, they
tilt equities toward the MSCI USA Diversified Multiple - Factor (DMF) Index to boost returns via
value, size momentum and quality beta exposures.
Typically,
investors, particularly those with a
value tilt, want to own stocks that have lower RSI's indicating they may be in the bargain bin as they are out of favor.
For everyday
investors, the typical tack was to give their portfolios a
tilt toward small and
value stocks, by purchasing index funds that focused on these two areas.
For many years, active fund managers and institutional
investors have often used a factor - based approach either to strategically construct portfolios or to
tilt their portfolios toward well - known risk factors, such as low volatility,
value, momentum, dividend, size, and quality, to capture the factor risk premium.
For example,
investors looking to
tilt their portfolios toward growth stocks or
value stocks won't find the tools to do so, as there are no
value - specific or growth - specific Spartan index funds.
As a
value investor that rotates sectors, I have eight methods that each
tilt the odds a little in my favor.
Just to play the devil's advocate, Bogle, Malkiel and Sharp appear to say that non-market cap weights in an index represent an attempt to
tilt toward
value and small cap stocks, and that proponents incorrectly assume the historical premiums on these sub-sectors will persist into the future (
investors tend to arbitrage away excess profits once detected).
For
investors who have
tilted their portfolios towards small cap and
value stocks, like the clients at IFA, the gains have been even greater.
In The MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio, I suggest a «
tilt» to small - cap and
value for sophisticated
investors with large portfolios.