grcapx · Investment growth · Anderson and Garcia-Feijoo (2006)

Change in capex (two years)

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1953Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
5.15%
95% interval 1.69% to 9.43%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
5.10%
95% interval 1.67% to 9.26%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
4.91%
95% interval 1.57% to 8.74%

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

+1,601% since 1953Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1953Q3–2024Q4 4.84% 13.53% 0.36 3.03
2020Q1–2024Q4 11.33% 15.46% 0.73 1.64
2024Q1–2024Q4 15.47% 5.69% 2.72 2.72

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.38 0.12 – 0.70 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.37 0.12 – 0.65 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.34 0.11 – 0.56 <0.01
Category
Investment growth
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
322 long / 328 short median · 41 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1976–1999