MomOffSeason16YrPlus · Other · Heston and Sadka (2008)

Off season reversal years 16 to 20

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1941Q2 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
2.32%
95% interval −0.49% to 4.96%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
2.33%
95% interval −0.49% to 4.97%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
2.39%
95% interval −0.49% to 5.01%

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

+511% since 1941Q2 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1941Q2–2024Q4 2.86% 11.89% 0.24 2.20
2020Q1–2024Q4 −2.65% 15.39% −0.17 −0.39
2024Q1–2024Q4 −3.06% 12.87% −0.24 −0.24

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.20 −0.04 – 0.42 0.05
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.20 −0.04 – 0.42 0.05
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.20 −0.04 – 0.42 0.05
Category
Other
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
95 long / 94 short median · 57 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1965–2002