MomVol · Momentum · Lee and Swaminathan (2000)

Momentum in high volume stocks

Long minus short portfolio using the original paper's sort and weighting, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1928Q1 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
8.36%
95% interval 6.21% to 9.95%
Next year
7.54%
95% interval 5.58% to 9.26%
Next five years
5.16%
95% interval 2.96% to 7.37%

OAP publishes no uniform quintile or decile portfolios for this signal, so only the paper's original portfolio convention is shown.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+94,193,754% since 1928Q1 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1928Q1–2024Q4 19.09% 29.60% 0.64 6.35
2020Q1–2024Q4 65.42% 33.50% 1.95 4.37
2024Q1–2024Q4 75.19% 57.78% 1.30 1.30

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.574 0.419 – 0.691 0.00
Next year 0.514 0.377 – 0.635 0.00
Next five years 0.348 0.199 – 0.497 0.00
Category
Momentum
Form
Discrete
Data
Price
Predicted sign
Positive
Original sample
1965–1995