This paper combines the use of portfolio holdings data and conditioning information to create a new performance measure. Our conditional weight-based measure has several advantages. Using conditioning information avoids biases in weight-based measures as discussed by Grinblatt and Titman (1993)....

This paper combines the use of portfolio holdings data and conditioning information to create a new performance measure. Our conditional weight-based measure has several advantages. Using conditioning information avoids biases in weight-based measures as discussed by Grinblatt and Titman (1993)....

Introduction to empirical asset pricing -- Stochastic discount factors and yen -- State pricing and m-talk -- Maximization and the m-talk euler equations -- Expected risk premiums and alphas -- So many models, so little time (taxonomy) -- Applications of m-talk -- The three paradigms of...