STreversal · Short-term reversal · Jegadeesh (1990)

Short term reversal

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1926Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
−5.73%
95% interval −14.38% to 4.99%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
−5.17%
95% interval −13.97% to 5.60%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
−2.84%
95% interval −12.25% to 7.73%

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

+53,441% since 1926Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1926Q3–2024Q4 9.25% 24.35% 0.38 3.77
2020Q1–2024Q4 −20.39% 32.71% −0.62 −1.39
2024Q1–2024Q4 −40.72% 29.99% −1.36 −1.36

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 −0.24 −0.60 – 0.21 0.87
2026Q4–2027Q3 −0.20 −0.52 – 0.22 0.84
2026Q4–2031Q3 −0.07 −0.32 – 0.25 0.71
Category
Short-term reversal
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
413 long / 413 short median · 72 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1934–1987