NetEquityFinance · External financing · Bradshaw, Richardson, Sloan (2006)

Net equity financing

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1972Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
7.96%
95% interval 4.18% to 11.63%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
7.92%
95% interval 4.11% to 11.63%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
7.73%
95% interval 3.72% to 11.64%

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

+5,705% since 1972Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1972Q3–2024Q4 8.82% 14.33% 0.62 4.46
2020Q1–2024Q4 9.86% 15.97% 0.62 1.38
2024Q1–2024Q4 3.66% 18.18% 0.20 0.20

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.56 0.29 – 0.81 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.54 0.28 – 0.79 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.49 0.21 – 0.77 <0.01
Category
External financing
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
426.5 long / 415 short median · 314 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1971–2000