zerotrade6M · Liquidity · Liu (2006)

Days with zero trades

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

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
4.84%
95% interval 1.32% to 7.74%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
4.86%
95% interval 1.39% to 7.73%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
4.92%
95% interval 1.58% to 7.74%

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

+9,888% since 1926Q4 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1926Q4–2024Q4 5.61% 13.45% 0.42 4.13
2020Q1–2024Q4 −3.26% 19.49% −0.17 −0.37
2024Q1–2024Q4 −12.11% 16.39% −0.74 −0.74

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.36 0.10 – 0.58 0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.36 0.10 – 0.58 0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.36 0.10 – 0.58 <0.01
Category
Liquidity
Form
Continuous
Data
Trading
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
149 long / 149 short median · 69 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1960–2003