High Beta (Low Beta)
Specification
Policy
| Rebalancing Interval | Daily |
|---|---|
| Weights Algorithm | Constant Weights |
Assets
Benchmark
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) |
Description
“High Beta (Low Beta)” is an equity risk factor that seeks to isolate the risk of a investing in equities with high sensitivity to the market.
The factor is proxied by going long a basket of high beta equities and short a basket of low beta equities from the same geographic area with the goal of neutralizing much of the market and geographical exposure of the factor.
Policy Report
Backtest Report
From to (13y 2m 19d)
Returns (annualized)
| Portfolio | -2.85% |
| Benchmark | 13.23% |
Risk (annualized)
| Portfolio | 11.64% |
| Benchmark | 17.19% |
Sharpe (annualized)
| Portfolio | -0.29 |
| Benchmark | 0.74 |
Excess Return (annualized)
| -16.08% |
Tracking Error (annualized)
| 21.20% |
Risk Free Rate (annualized)
| 1.20% |
Growth Charts
Historical Weights
Return Distribution
Excess Kurtosis
| 7.95 |
Skew
| 0.27 |
Data Table
| Factor | Portfolio | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Style Factor | -0.2861 | -0.2861 |
| Size Factor | 0.5101 | 0.5101 |
| Market Factor | -0.1056 | -0.1056 |
| U.S. Tilt (Non U.S.) | -0.2690 | -0.2690 |
Adjusted R2
| Portfolio | 0.20 |
| Benchmark | 0.99 |
Intercept
| Portfolio | 0.00 |
| Benchmark | 0.00 |