XFIN · External financing · Bradshaw, Richardson, Sloan (2006)

Net external financing

Long minus short quintile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1972Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
2.84%
95% interval 1.83% to 3.68%
Next year
2.67%
95% interval 1.72% to 3.58%
Next five years
2.18%
95% interval 0.95% to 3.34%

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+13,711% since 1972Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1972Q3–2024Q4 10.39% 13.89% 0.75 5.42
2020Q1–2024Q4 19.49% 19.57% 1.00 2.23
2024Q1–2024Q4 12.51% 11.76% 1.06 1.06

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.413 0.263 – 0.537 0.00
Next year 0.387 0.247 – 0.520 0.00
Next five years 0.314 0.137 – 0.481 0.00
Category
External financing
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Predicted sign
Negative
Original sample
1971–2000