A Malkiel-Inspired Growth and Value Stock Strategy for China
Summary
The article summarizes Burton Malkiel’s broad investing principles: use index funds, choose capable fund managers, or invest independently after analysis. For individual stock selection, it emphasizes sustained above-market earnings growth, avoiding prices above reasonable value, considering investor appeal, and limiting trading frequency.
It then proposes a China-focused quantitative adaptation. Stocks must have positive price-to-earnings ratios; the screen favors the lowest fifth by that measure and the highest fifth by net profit growth, then selects up to 30 names. The portfolio is rebalanced monthly, with a stock-level exit after a 7% decline from cost and a broad-market exit if the market falls 13% within five days. The article reports a backtest from 2014 to June 2017, including annualized strategy and benchmark returns, maximum drawdown, win rate, and average holdings. These are historical results; the document gives no details on costs, survivorship bias, or out-of-sample validation.
Key ideas
- Malkiel’s principles combine sustained earnings growth, reasonable valuation, investor appeal, and low turnover.
- The Chinese-market adaptation filters for positive price-to-earnings ratios and ranks by valuation and profit growth.
- The portfolio takes up to 30 stocks and rebalances monthly.
- The stated exits are a 7% individual loss threshold and a 13% market decline over five days.
- Reported performance covers a historical backtest, with no stated out-of-sample validation.
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