Stock characteristics are connected to expected returns because they tell us about risk exposures; and only a few characteristics are really necessary for that.
Category: asset pricing
The Liquidity Effects of Official Bond Market Intervention (JFQA forth) w/ DePooter and Martin
We find significant liquidity effects to ECB sovereign bond purchases, using a search-based asset pricing model to understand the mechanism. [SSRN]
The Three-Pass Regression Filter: A New Approach to Forecasting Using Many Predictors (JoE 2015) w/ Kelly
The 3PRF is a simple least squares forecaster using many predictor variables that directly estimates the relevant forecast factors and is asymptotically normal for the best possible forecast. [publication] [SSRN]
Market Expectations in the Cross Section of Present Values (JF 2013) w/ Kelly
Returns and cash flows are robustly predicted by valuation ratio cross sections, which expose growth and value assets' different exposures to economic shocks, with the implication that discount rates are less persistent than implied by leading asset pricing models. [publication] [SSRN]
