DelFINL · External financing · Richardson et al. (2005)

Change in financial liabilities

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1952Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
1.63%
95% interval −0.68% to 3.92%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
1.65%
95% interval −0.70% to 3.96%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
1.74%
95% interval −0.79% to 4.09%

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

+372% since 1952Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1952Q3–2024Q4 2.53% 8.76% 0.29 2.46
2020Q1–2024Q4 3.68% 12.83% 0.29 0.64
2024Q1–2024Q4 4.23% 3.83% 1.11 1.11

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.19 −0.08 – 0.45 0.09
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.18 −0.08 – 0.44 0.09
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.18 −0.07 – 0.43 0.09
Category
External financing
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
384 long / 404 short median · 37 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1962–2001