CoskewACX · Risk · Ang, Chen and Xing (2006)

Coskewness using daily returns

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1962Q4 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
1.24%
95% interval −2.10% to 4.64%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
1.24%
95% interval −2.11% to 4.65%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
1.23%
95% interval −2.17% to 4.70%

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

+23% since 1962Q4 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1962Q4–2024Q4 1.37% 14.57% 0.09 0.74
2020Q1–2024Q4 1.24% 16.97% 0.07 0.16
2024Q1–2024Q4 16.62% 22.57% 0.74 0.74

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.09 −0.14 – 0.32 0.24
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.09 −0.15 – 0.32 0.24
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.09 −0.15 – 0.32 0.24
Category
Risk
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
133 long / 133 short median · 118 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1963–2001