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The beta dispersion, which is the spread of betas on a stock market, can be interpreted as a measure of market vulnerability. This study examines the economic idea of the beta dispersion and its application as a market return predictor. Based on the empirical beta dispersion observed in the US...
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' predictions fail to generalize in a number of important ways, such as predicting time-series variation in returns to the market …
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We introduce a flexible utility-based empirical approach to directly determine asset allocation decisions between risky and risk-free assets. This is in contrast to the commonly used two-step approach where least squares optimal statistical equity premium predictions are first constructed to...
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We investigate the question of whether macroeconomic variables contain information about future stock volatility beyond that contained in past volatility. We show that forecasts of GDP growth from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Professional Forecasters predict volatility in a cross-section of...
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different frequencies but also due to the preservation of high-frequency features such as time-varying volatility. Temporally …
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-cycle model of household decisions involving consumption of both perishable goods and housing services, stochastic and unspanned …-averse agent with a 35-year working period and a 15-year retirement period, the present value of the higher average life-time … consumption amounts to roughly $179,000 (assuming both an initial wealth and an initial annual income of $20,000), and the …
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unskilled investors ignore predictability. Lucky investors enter the market at a favorable time. For an unskilled investor the … certainty equivalent of wealth is 0.3-6.8% lower than for a skilled investor, depending on the market entry date. Across market …
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investors use to successfully time the market …
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