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The Volatility Effect

David C. Blitz and Pim van Vliet
The Journal of Portfolio Management Fall 2007, 34 (1) 102-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2007.698039
David C. Blitz
The deputy head of Quantitative Strategies at Robeco Asset Management in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. d.c.blitz@robeco.nl
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Senior researcher, Quantitative Strategies, at Robeco Asset Management. p.van.vliet@robeco.nl
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There is empirical evidence that stocks with low historical volatility have high risk-adjusted returns, with annual alpha spreads of global low-versus high-volatility decile portfolios of 12 percentage points over 1986-2006. This volatility effect appears independently in U.S., European, and Japanese markets. It is similar in size to classic effects such as value, size, and momentum, and cannot be explained by implicit loadings on these well-known effects. These results indicate that equity investors overpay for risky stocks. Possible explanations include leverage restrictions, inefficient two-step investment processes, and behavioral biases of private investors. To exploit the volatility effect in practice, investors might include low-risk stocks as a separate asset class in the strategic asset allocation phase of the investment process.

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