It is well known that volatility is time-varying and clustered. However, few studies have explored the information content of volatility clustering and its implications for investors’ risk aversion. This information is particularly important in turbulent periods, such as financial crisis. We...

We document strong evidence of cross-sectional predictability of corporate bond returns based on a set of yield predictors that capture the information in the yields of past 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 months. Return predictability is economically and statistically significant, and is robust to...