BetaFP · Other · Frazzini and Pedersen (2014)

Frazzini-Pedersen Beta

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1928Q2 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
−4.44%
95% interval −11.31% to 5.49%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
−4.64%
95% interval −11.33% to 5.14%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
−5.32%
95% interval −11.48% to 3.80%

Forecast made 16 Sep 2026, conditioning on this portfolio's OAP returns, which end 2024Q4. The 7 quarters between then and 2026Q4 are unobserved and are integrated out under the model.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

−100% since 1928Q2 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1928Q2–2024Q4 −8.37% 21.88% −0.38 −3.76
2020Q1–2024Q4 11.65% 26.96% 0.43 0.97
2024Q1–2024Q4 38.73% 25.60% 1.51 1.51

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 −0.20 −0.52 – 0.25 0.84
2026Q4–2027Q3 −0.21 −0.51 – 0.22 0.85
2026Q4–2031Q3 −0.23 −0.51 – 0.12 0.90
Category
Other
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
425 long / 421 short median · 69 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1929–2012