Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(6), 2151-2160 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563062151

Application of the Value Averaging Investment Method on the US Stock Market

Martin Širůček, Ivana Škatuĺárová
Department of Finance, Faculty for Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The paper focuses on empirical testing and the use of the regular investment, particularly on the value averaging investment method on real data from the US stock market in the years 1990-2013. The 23-year period was chosen because of a consistently interesting situation in the market and so this regular investment method could be tested to see how it works in a bull (expansion) period and a bear (recession) period. The analysis is focused on results obtained by using this investment method from the viewpoint of return and risk on selected investment horizons (short-term 1 year, medium-term 5 years and long-term 10 years). The selected aim is reached by using the ratio between profit and risk. The revenue-risk profile is the ratio of the average annual profit rate measured for each investment by the internal rate of return and average annual risk expressed by selective standard deviation. The obtained results show that regular investment is suitable for a long investment horizon or the longer the investment horizon, the better the revenue-risk ratio (Sharpe ratio). According to the results obtained, specific investment recommendations are presented in the conclusion, e.g. if this investment method is suitable for a long investment period, if it is better to use value averaging for a growing, sinking or sluggish market, etc.

Keywords: regular investment, value averaging, risk and profit profile, standard deviation, crisis period, US market, S & P 500

Prepublished online: December 26, 2015; Published: January 1, 2016  Show citation

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Širůček, M., & Škatuĺárová, I. (2015). Application of the Value Averaging Investment Method on the US Stock Market. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(6), 2151-2160. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563062151
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