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Figure 30.3:

Defence stocks provide a different story compared to tech and energy. The strategy possesses

many months of solid gains and has a healthy long-only, daily-period Sharpe of 1.69. Its maximum

drawdown is less than the benchmark at 9.69%. It also has a strong CAGR at 25.45%. Despite

these advantages it made most of its gains in 2013, with 2014 and 2015 posting far smaller

returns.

While this strategy is certainly interesting there is a lot more to be done in order to put it

into production. For one, it should be tested over a far larger period. In addition adding shorts

would allow the strategy to be somewhat market-neutral, hopefully reducing market beta.

Optimisation of position sizing and risk management are the next logical steps and would

likely have a significant effect on performance. A final modification would be to increase diversi-

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