
underperformance are observed. Conversely, after periods where the U.S. equities
market has significantly underperformed long-term market norms, periods of sig-
nificant outperformance are observed. Importantly, the degree by which above-
normal market performance reverts to below-market performance during
subsequent periods cannot be explained by conventional statistical theories
describing the well-known process of regression to the mean. Similarly, the extent
to which below-normal market performance reverses to above-market perform-
ance during subsequent periods cannot be explained as a simple manifestation of
the regression to the mean phenomenon. ...