Out-of-Sample Predictability

Higher Moments Matter! Cross-Sectional (Higher) Moments and the Predictability of Stock Returns featured image

Higher Moments Matter! Cross-Sectional (Higher) Moments and the Predictability of Stock Returns

In this paper we investigate the predictive power of cross-sectional volatility, skewness and kurtosis for future stock returns.

Sebastian Stöckl
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Parameter Uncertainty, Financial Turbulence and Aggregate Stock Returns featured image

Parameter Uncertainty, Financial Turbulence and Aggregate Stock Returns

In this paper, we develop a novel, intuitive and objective measure of time-varying parameter uncertainty (PU) based on a simple statistical test.

Sebastian Stöckl
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The Economic Benefit of Forecasting Market Components for Mean-Variance Investors

Do forecasting errors from direct predictions of market components out-way the additional errors introduced by an intermediary asset pricing model?

lars-kaiser
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