We estimate agents' expectations about future fundamentals using a dynamic stochastic generalequilibrium model augmented with anticipated shocks. Accounting for agents' expectations atthe business cycle horizon results in aggregate risk factor innovations that have significant explanatory power...

Chapter 1: Portfolio Theory and Practice -- Chapter 2: Capital Market Conditions -- Chapter 3: Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) -- Chapter 4: The Market Model -- Chapter 5: The Zero-Beta CAPM -- Chapter 6: Alternative CAPM Specifications -- Chapter 7: Arbitrage Pricing Theory -- Chapter 8:...

The q-factor model shows strong explanatory power and largely summarizes the cross section of average stock returns. In particular, the q-factor model fully subsumes the Fama-French (2018) 6-factor model in head-to-head factor spanning tests. The q-factor model is an empirical implementation of...