HBI is a falling knife, continues to bleed every investor trying to catch it
17 Dec, 201813 min read
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HBI was among the worst performers today. On a longer term basis, investors in HANESBRANDS INC. made -0.03% per day. Monday's performance of -4.42% was a underperformance compared to it's daily average.
HBI showed a strong bearish trend over the last 3 months. During this period HBI delivered -28.3% and saw a maximum drawdown of -30.64%. There was a short signal during this period which returned +28.3%.
HBI has been underperforming the SP500 index in recent time. It showed significant underperformance (compared to the SP500 index) from 1 Feb, 2016 to 4 Oct, 2018. Over the last 2 years 11 months and 10 days, HBI underperformed the SP500 index on 51% days.
HBI returned losses on 59% days in the last three months. During this time, it delivered on average -0.5% per day. It delivered it's worst daily return of -6.63%, during this period, on Thursday, 13 Dec, 2018. The longest stort-term trend during this period was 7 losing days, which started on 7 Dec, 2018 and ended on 17 Dec, 2018. This bearish trend lost -18.69% of investor capital.
The last 12 months saw HBI's investors making profits in 5 months and incurring losses in 7 months. HBI was less consistent in delivering monthly returs than SP500 index. HBI was also a more risky investment than SP500 index as it's worst month in the last year, Aug 2018, returned -21.2% compared to -7.28% returned by SP500 index in Oct 2018. HBI had a longer winning streak of losing months than SP500 index. It went down in 3 straight months (from Oct 2018 to Dec 2018) during which period it delivered -26.44%. It is interesting to note that both HBI and SP500 index significantly outperform during months when quarterly/annual results are announced.
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HBI is currently seeing overall increase in volatility. In comparison, the SP500 index is seeing increase in volatility. During the last three months, there was a significant surge in HBI's volatility from 21 Sep, 2018 to 5 Nov, 2018. While there was a significant surge in the SP500 index's volatility from 25 Sep, 2018 to 29 Oct, 2018.
Advanced/professional short-term investors should note that HBI has significant positive skewness in it's return distribution. This indicates that investors can expect HBI to recover from drawdowns quickly. Which makes HBI a good candidate for investing on short-term bullish trends or even counter-trends hoping for a pull-back.
SP500 index has more chance of extreme outcomes than HBI. Therefore, SP500 must receive a lower allocation than HBI in your portfolio. HBI usually has shorter drawdown period than the SP500 index.
On a general note (since you are interested in HBI), two instruments that deserve special mention are TNDM and HEAR. They have significantly outperformed the overall market this year.
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