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About
Buys recent laggards among a handful of very old, blue‑chip U.S. companies. Each month it picks the two worst 28‑day performers, splits funds equally, and holds for one month to bet on a rebound.
Each month, the strategy looks only at a small club of very old, durable U.S. companies: BNY, Consolidated Edison (ED), Procter & Gamble (PG), Coca‑Cola (KO), Pfizer (PFE), IBM, and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). It ranks their last‑28‑day performance and buys the two that did the worst. Money is split 50/50. Hold for one month, then repeat.
Defensive blue-chip mean-reversion strategy offers downside protection and diversification: lower drawdowns than the S&P and muted market exposure. Out-of-sample returns were negative, but it can cushion core equity risk and reduce volatility.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0.64 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,018.33% | 10.84% | -0.14% | 8.54% | 0.65 | |
| 10,162.33% | 13.57% | -0.69% | 20.98% | 0.69 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,026,232.59Regulatory Fees
$1,762.40
Total Slippage
$13,596.52
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 21, 2026
Trading Setting
Monthly
Type
Stocks
Category
Mean reversion, large-cap us stocks, blue chips, defensive, equal-weight, monthly rebalance, concentrated
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 7 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BNY
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Stocks
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Stocks
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation
Stocks
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Stocks
KO
Coca-Cola Company
Stocks
PFE
Pfizer Inc.
Stocks
PG
Procter & Gamble Company
Stocks