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Sharpe ratio on a matched rate series against one fixed rate

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-14, from Risk-free rate in the Sharpe ratio.

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Sharpe ratio on a matched rate series against one fixed rate — 5 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
horizonsharpe_matched_rfsharpe_fixed_rfabs_gap
1-year1.551.620.07
3-year0.260.240.01
5-year0.610.510.1
10-year0.640.480.16
20-year0.490.320.18
Rows × columns
5 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Sharpe ratio on a matched rate series against one fixed rate, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
horizon text 5 distinct values (1-year, 10-year, 20-year…)
sharpe_matched_rf number 0.26 to 1.55
sharpe_fixed_rf number 0.24 to 1.62
abs_gap number 0.01 to 0.18

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    monthly_px AS
    (
        SELECT
            toStartOfMonth(date)           AS m,
            argMax(toFloat64(close), date) AS month_close
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2004-12-01'
          AND date <  '2025-01-01'
        GROUP BY m
    ),
    prior_px AS
    (
        SELECT
            addMonths(m, 1) AS m,
            month_close     AS prev_close
        FROM monthly_px
    ),
    monthly_rf AS
    (
        SELECT
            toStartOfMonth(date)                                       AS m,
            pow(1 + avg(toFloat64(yield_3_month)) / 100, 1.0 / 12) - 1 AS rf_month
        FROM global_markets.treasury_yields
        WHERE date >= '2004-12-01'
          AND date <  '2025-01-01'
          AND yield_3_month IS NOT NULL
        GROUP BY m
    ),
    excess AS
    (
        SELECT
            cur.m                                AS m,
            cur.month_close / prv.prev_close - 1 AS ret,
            rf.rf_month                          AS rf_month
        FROM monthly_px AS cur
        INNER JOIN prior_px AS prv ON prv.m = cur.m
        INNER JOIN monthly_rf AS rf ON rf.m = cur.m
    )
SELECT
    concat(toString(intDiv(count(), 12)), '-year')                             AS horizon,
    round(sqrt(12) * avg(ret - rf_month) / stddevSamp(ret - rf_month), 2)      AS sharpe_matched_rf,
    round(sqrt(12) * avg(ret - rf_fixed) / stddevSamp(ret - rf_fixed), 2)      AS sharpe_fixed_rf,
    round(abs(sqrt(12) * avg(ret - rf_month) / stddevSamp(ret - rf_month)
            - sqrt(12) * avg(ret - rf_fixed) / stddevSamp(ret - rf_fixed)), 2) AS abs_gap
FROM excess
CROSS JOIN
(
    SELECT pow(1 + avg(toFloat64(yield_3_month)) / 100, 1.0 / 12) - 1 AS rf_fixed
    FROM global_markets.treasury_yields
    WHERE date >= '2024-12-01'
      AND date <  '2025-01-01'
      AND yield_3_month IS NOT NULL
) AS fixed_rate
CROSS JOIN (SELECT arrayJoin([1, 3, 5, 10, 20]) AS years) AS hz
WHERE m >= subtractYears(toDate('2025-01-01'), years)
GROUP BY years
ORDER BY years

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