Predictors and Portfolios Over the Life Cycle
SAFE Working Paper No. 139
63 Pages Posted: 1 Jun 2016 Last revised: 13 Jun 2018
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Predictors and Portfolios Over the Life Cycle
Predictors and Portfolios Over the Life Cycle
Date Written: June 8, 2018
Abstract
In a calibrated consumption-portfolio model with stock, housing, and labor income predictability, we evaluate the welfare effects of predictability on life-cycle consumption-portfolio choice. We compare skilled investors who are able to take advantage of all sources of predictability with unskilled investors ignoring predictability. 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. We also determine the effect of luck to enter the market at a favorable time. Across market entry dates, skilled but unlucky investors can lose up to 15.4% compared to unskilled but lucky investors.
Keywords: Return predictability, scenarios, welfare, performance, housing
JEL Classification: G11, D91, D14
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