Sports Investing Index (September 2011 Performance)

Sports Investing Index (September 2011 Performance)

Commentary on Performance – September 2011

Investors are seeing red in the financial markets, with the S&P down -7% in September (and down -9% for the year).  Unfortunately, the
Sports Investing Index was down -14.6% during September, as well.  The Sports Investing Index reached an all-time high in June — but since that time, contrarian sports investing techniques have struggled.  The Index is now down for the year and is at its lowest level since August 2010.

Some Sports Investing Index performance notes:

• During September, the Index was -14.6% and was comprised of MLB, College Football and NFL sports investing action.

• MLB results continued to struggle in September.

• College football got off to a bad start, with this sector contributing -9.3%.

• The NFL got off to a good start, contributing +5.6% to the Index.

• October will see NHL action added to the mix.  Please check out Sports Insights’ recent NHL research on “betting against the public.”

Sports Insights publishes a
Sports Investing Index to reflect the performance of applying contrarian value approaches to the major US sports marketplaces
.  The origins of the Sports Investing Index were
published in our book, “Sports Investing: Profiting from Point Spreads.”

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Sports Investing Index Details

• The Sports Investing Index is based on Sports Insights Square Plays. (Square Plays are the day’s most lopsided games in terms of the public betting trends)

• Additional indexes and benchmarks may be developed over time.

• Inception: 2003

• Index performance will be
  published monthly.
  

• Sports Covered:  NFL, College Football, NBA, College Basketball, MLB, NHL

Figure 1: Sports Investing Index (August 2003 – September 2011)

Recent Performance

Below is recent performance for the Sports Investing Index — along with other financial index benchmarks, including the S&P 500 and long-term US government bonds.

Table 1: Index Performance (2011)

Other Index Features

• Investable – Sports Insights Members are able to invest in the index by following Sports Insights Square Plays.  Sports Insights generally publishes its Square Plays at least one hour before sporting events.

• Each Square Play will represent a play made while
  risking 1% (each unit represents 1% at risk, per play).

• Represents a
  strategy of investing in the US sports marketplace using a contrarian value approach.

• Inherent return – based on research, there appears to be an inherent return in the sports marketplace based on a systematic, contrarian approach to the sports marketplace.

• The Index can be reconstructed by reviewing Sports Insights Square Plays. 
  Media can receive historical monthly performance by contacting us at Contact Us
  

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Disclaimer

We do not guarantee that the trends and biases we’ve found will continue to exist. It is impossible to predict the future. Any serious academic research in the field of “market efficiencies” recognizes that inefficiencies may disappear over time. Once inefficiencies are discovered, it is only a matter of time before the market corrects itself. We do not guarantee our data is error-free. However, we’ve tried our best to make sure every score and percentage is correct.