It may appear paradoxical that low
vol strategies are doing well when interest in speculative, penny - stock strategies is growing.
Low Volatility equity strategies have generated their long - term outperformance in part by mitigating losses in down markets; the price of this loss mitigation is that low
vol strategies underperformed in rising markets.
Low -
vol strategies tend to have higher tracking error, which represents the risk that the strategy deviates from the market for extended periods of time.
Low beta or low volatility strategies have lower absolute risk than the market, but typically come at the cost of higher relative risk and low
vol strategies tend to have higher tracking error, which represents the risk that the strategy deviates from the market for extended periods of time.
To compare the performance of the buy — write strategy and the low -
vol strategies, the authors use an augmented Fama — French — Carhart four - factor model (FFC - 4), adding the betting - against - beta (BAB) factor and duration.
The three leading low -
vol strategies (minimum variance, low volatility, and low beta) produced Sharpe ratios ranging from 0.53 to 0.58.
I'll review these later in the week, but first, I'd like to share an excerpt from my recent interview with Jean Masson, managing director at TD Asset Management and an expert on low -
vol strategies.
So what does it mean for the future performance of low
vol strategies?
I guess that is the distinction between a low -
vol strategy and a value strategy.
Why a low
vol strategy works: investors are drawn to stocks that catch their attention.
Therefore, size (large cap) and profitability (value / quality) can help explain the performance of the defensive low
vol strategy.
Not exact matches
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A Long stock / short future (Ratio 0.5:1)
strategy, despite requiring a higher capital investment shows almost «bond like» characteristics with a
vol of 3.6 % and a performance (before forward discount) of -1 %.
Some ETFs feature stocks that are specifically selected to be low in volatility, such as iShares Edge MSCI Min
Vol USA (USMV) ETF, whereas other ETFs use a hedging
strategy to minimize volatility, holding stocks that perform well in up - and - down markets.
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When the researchers worked out the three - dimensional geometry of this
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In other words, low -
vol is not a tactical
strategy.
Most retail investors chase returns, and low -
vol has recently done better, but that's the wrong reason to use the
strategy.
As market bumps are a daily reality, min
vol may be an appealing investment solution, and can help keep both you and your investment
strategy on track.
Both low -
vol equity
strategies and buy — write
strategies have higher compound returns than the S&P 500.
The low -
vol equity
strategies» negative skew ranged from − 0.47 to − 0.80, comparable to that of the S&P 500 at − 0.76.
In other words, my findings suggest that despite low
vol investing
strategies» increased popularity in recent years, investors should be cautious.
The Short VIX
strategy has a much higher level of absolute risk: an equal combination of Low
Vol and Short VIX will be dominated by the latter.
I have a nice little swing trade
strategy of late that buys stong stocks on the dip, and sells them after a week or two when they revert to their trend following some basic RSI, stochastics and
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