MomOffSeason11YrPlus · Other · Heston and Sadka (2008)

Off season reversal years 11 to 15

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1936Q2 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
0.23%
95% interval −3.96% to 3.46%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
0.28%
95% interval −3.85% to 3.46%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
0.46%
95% interval −3.44% to 3.52%

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

+61% since 1936Q2 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1936Q2–2024Q4 1.31% 12.46% 0.11 0.99
2020Q1–2024Q4 −11.09% 14.09% −0.79 −1.76
2024Q1–2024Q4 −2.49% 18.60% −0.13 −0.13

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.02 −0.32 – 0.28 0.41
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.02 −0.29 – 0.28 0.40
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.04 −0.22 – 0.28 0.36
Category
Other
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
115 long / 115 short median · 59 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1965–2002