We study the interactions between the stock market and the labor market. When aggregate risk premiums are time-varying, predictive variables for market excess returns should forecast long-horizon growth in the marginal benefit of hiring and thereby long-horizon aggregate employment growth....

We study the interactions between the stock market and the labor market. When aggregate risk premiums are time-varying, predictive variables for market excess returns should forecast long-horizon growth in the marginal benefit of hiring and thereby long-horizon aggregate employment growth....

We find that last-year's winners have lower expected returns than losers. However, this is followed by prior winners experiencing more positive earnings shocks than losers for at least two quarters after portfolio formation. After that time frame, the relative earnings shocks display the...

We study the interactions between the stock market and the labor market. When aggregate risk premiums are time-varying, predictive variables for market excess returns should forecast long-horizon growth in the marginal benefit of hiring and thereby long-horizon aggregate employment growth....

A central issue in asset pricing is whether stock prices move because of revisions of expected future cash flows or expected discount rates, and by how much of each. Using direct cash flow forecasts, we show that there is a significant component of cash flow news in stock returns, and its...