Market Expectations in the Cross Section of Present Values
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-08
52 Pages Posted: 2 Feb 2011 Last revised: 11 Sep 2012
Date Written: July 1, 2012
Abstract
Returns and cash flow growth for the aggregate U.S. stock market are highly and robustly predictable. Using a single factor extracted from the cross section of book- to-market ratios, we find an out-of-sample return forecasting R-squared as high as 13% at the annual frequency (0.9% monthly). We document similar out-of-sample predictability for returns on value, size, momentum and industry-sorted portfolios. We present a model linking aggregate market expectations to disaggregated valuation ratios in a dynamic latent factor system. We find that spreads in growth and value portfolios’ exposures to economic shocks are key to identifying predictability and are consistent with duration-based theories of the value premium. Our findings suggest that discount rates are far less persistent, and their shocks far more volatile, than implied by leading asset pricing models.
JEL Classification: G11, G12, G17
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