It is well established that stocks with lower price fluctuations tend to outperform riskier ones. This article reviews plausible explanations for the low volatility anomaly and reproduce the performance of low volatility strategies in different market environments as well as in different...

In this study, the authors examine the hypothetical performance of various low volatility strategies in historical U.S., global developed, and emerging markets. The strategies we replicated outperformed cap-weighted market indices due to exposure to the value, BAB (betting against beta), and...

Stock market volatility is not constant over time. It exhibits cyclicality, with higher volatility in bear market cycles and lower volatility in bull market cycles. Failure to take into account this cyclicality would lead to sub-optimal portfolio performance and could result in improper risk...