Forecasting the Size Premium Over Different Time Horizons

Zakamulin, Valeriy

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1951931

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Forecasting the Size Premium Over Different Time Horizons

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming

37 Pages Posted: 1 Nov 2011 Last revised: 6 Nov 2012

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Valeriy Zakamulin

University of Agder - School of Business and Law

Date Written: October 31, 2011

Abstract

In this paper, we provide evidence that the small stock premium is predictable both in-sample and out-of-sample through the use of a set of lagged macroeconomic variables. We find that it is possible to forecast the size premium over time horizons that range from one month to one year. We demonstrate that the predictability of the size premium allows a portfolio manager to generate an economically and statistically significant active alpha.

Keywords: size effect, size premium, stock return predictability, active alpha

JEL Classification: C13, G12, G17

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Zakamulin, Valeriy, Forecasting the Size Premium Over Different Time Horizons (October 31, 2011). Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1951931 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1951931