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Can you help me understand what you mean? The low-volatility anomaly shows that investing in low volatility (low risk) assets tend to outperform over long stre
by bumby 5y ago
Can you help me understand what you mean?
The low-volatility anomaly shows that investing in low volatility (low risk) assets tend to outperform over long stretches of time. It's a counter-intuitive result (hence being an anomaly) because the CAPM says lower risk assets should provide lower rates of return. So, as I understand it, the CAPM does imply volatility should correlate with returns because the risk-premium is weighted by beta.
I.e., low volatility stocks tend to be low beta stocks. lower beta implies lower returns under CAPM. The anomaly contradicts that model