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Equity premium predictions with many predictors: A risk-based explanation of the size and value factors

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This paper investigates whether a direct mechanism can be found that demonstrates that the size and value factors of Fama and French (1993) are indeed ICAPM factors, as some have suggested. The results endorse this hypothesis: small size and value portfolios reflect changes in future investment opportunities. To test the hypothesis, the paper forecasts the equity premium using disaggregated portfolio returns with a partial least squares (PLS) regression approach. PLS is chosen as it is particularly suited to condense a large set of portfolios into a single index. The “index” portfolio obtained from the forecast performs well out of sample and hedges against future market risk, in addition to explaining future market returns in sample. Thus, the index portfolio may be viewed as an additional risk factor in the form of a Merton (1973) state variable. The index places larger weights on small size and value portfolios. This also provides a possible explanation for why equal-weighted portfolios typically perform better out of sample compared to factors implied by traditional mean-variance approaches and asset pricing models.

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  • Stivers, Adam, 2018. "Equity premium predictions with many predictors: A risk-based explanation of the size and value factors," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 126-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:empfin:v:45:y:2018:i:c:p:126-140
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2017.10.004
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    Asset pricing; Factor models; Equity premium; Forecasting; Risk hedging;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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