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Global Market Report - Forty Years of Better Betas - March 2013
Mar 12, 2013
In this report, we look at the period between January 1997 and December 2012, comparing two methods of estimating the market risk of a portfolio: historical beta and predicted beta, based on the Barra Global Equity Model (GEM3). We investigate this question: which estimation approach performed best during periods of market stress? We find that during our sample period, predicted beta appears to be a more accurate than historical beta as a gauge of the defensiveness or aggressiveness of a portfolio.
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Research authors
- Oleg Ruban, Head of Analytics Applied Research for Asia Pacific
- Zoltán Nagy, Executive Director, MSCI Research