IdioVolAHT · Volatility · Ali, Hwang, and Trombley (2003)

Idiosyncratic risk (AHT)

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1927Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
11.81%
95% interval 5.69% to 17.96%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
11.70%
95% interval 5.56% to 17.92%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
11.26%
95% interval 4.97% to 17.76%

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

+95,444% since 1927Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1927Q3–2024Q4 11.12% 27.66% 0.40 3.97
2020Q1–2024Q4 19.81% 23.05% 0.86 1.92
2024Q1–2024Q4 19.74% 14.19% 1.39 1.39

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.43 0.21 – 0.65 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.41 0.19 – 0.62 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.35 0.15 – 0.55 <0.01
Category
Volatility
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
477 long / 438 short median · 69 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1976–1997