Predicting Market Returns Using Aggregate Implied Cost of Capital
发布时间:2012-06-01
Topic:
Predicting Market Returns Using Aggregate Implied Cost of Capital
Time:
星期四,2012-06-01 10:30-12:00
Venue:
Room 505, Datong Building West Huaihai Road 211, SAIF
Predicting Market Returns Using Aggregate Implied Cost of Capital
Theoretically, the aggregate implied cost of capital (ICC) computed using earnings forecasts is a good proxy for the conditional expected stock return. We empirically examine the ability of the aggregate implied risk premium (IRP), which is ICC minus the one-month T-bill yield, to predict future excess stock market returns. We find that the implied risk premium is a statistically and economically significant predictor of future excess returns, with an adjusted R2 of 6.5% at the 1-year horizon and 31.9% at the 4-year horizon. The predictive power of IRP remains strong even in the presence of several well-known valuation ratios and predictors. The out-of-sample performance of IRP is superior to the risk premium computed from realized excess market returns and other predictors.