Abstract
This paper examines whether a simple accounting-based fundamental analysis
strategy, when applied to a broad portfolio of high book-to-market firms, can
shift the distribution of returns earned by an investor. I show that the mean
return earned by a high book-to-market investor can be increased by at least
7H% annually through the selection of financially strong high BM firms while
the entire distribution of realized returns is shifted to the right. In addition,