The paper considers forecasting regressions of US equities ?realized volatility? on two misalignment measures defined by the temporary deviations from the common trend between valuation ratios (earning-price and dividend-price) and current inflation. Results show that these misalignments are...

This paper studies the role of fluctuations in the aggregate price-earning ratio at different time-scales, for predicting stock returns and exploring the channels through which returns are forecasted. Using us quarterly data, we find that cycles in the price-earning ratio are strong and better...

Following the recent crisis and the revealed weakness of risk management practices, regulators of developed markets have recommended that financial institutions assess model risk. Standard risk measures, such as the Value-at-Risk (VaR), emerged over recent decades as the industry standard for...

The recent experience from the global financial crisis has raised serious questions about the accuracy of standard risk measures as a tool to quantify extreme downward risks. These standard risk measures, such as the VaR, emerge over the last decades as the industry standard for risk management...

We examine the empirical validity of the Fed Model and the Graham and Dodd model for five countries and over a time period spanning three decades by applying the Enders and Granger (1998) and Enders and Siklos (2001) threshold unit-root and cointegration tests. Our results support the hypothesis...