Return skewness
⚠ weakenedReturnSkewRisk· Price data
Skewness of daily returns (ret) over previous month.
IS Sharpe (1926–2014)
0.840
+6.1% p.a.
OOS Sharpe (2015–2024)
0.470
+3.6% p.a.
Sharpe decay
+44.0%
(IS − OOS) / |IS|
IS vol
7.2%
annualized
Cumulative return (last 40 years, monthly)
+183%1984-012024-12
Publication details
AuthorsBali, Engle and Murray
PaperBali, Engle and Murray (2015)
JournalBook
Publication year2015
Original sample1963–2012
IS T-statistic4.01
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