dNoa · Investment · Hirshleifer, Hou, Teoh, Zhang (2004)

change in net operating assets

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1962Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
3.38%
95% interval −1.84% to 8.58%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
3.48%
95% interval −1.78% to 8.60%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
3.86%
95% interval −1.59% to 8.75%

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

+6,006% since 1962Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1962Q3–2024Q4 7.40% 12.58% 0.59 4.65
2020Q1–2024Q4 0.96% 12.74% 0.08 0.17
2024Q1–2024Q4 −12.39% 11.51% −1.08 −1.08

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.27 −0.15 – 0.68 0.13
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.27 −0.13 – 0.68 0.12
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.27 −0.08 – 0.68 0.09
Category
Investment
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
383 long / 433 short median · 122.8 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1964–2002