are short term stock asset returns predictable? an ...€¦ · the question whether or not stock...

38
Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An Extended Empirical Analysis Thomas Mazzoni Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 449 März 2010 Diskussionsbeiträge der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft der FernUniversität in Hagen Herausgegeben vom Dekan der Fakultät Alle Rechte liegen bei den Autoren

Upload: others

Post on 14-Jul-2020

0 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An Extended Empirical Analysis

Thomas Mazzoni

Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 449 März 2010

Diskussionsbeiträge der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft der FernUniversität in Hagen

Herausgegeben vom Dekan der Fakultät

Alle Rechte liegen bei den Autoren

Page 2: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable?An Extended Empirical Analysis

Thomas Mazzoni∗

March 16, 2010

AbstractIn this paper, the question is addressed, whether or not short termstock asset returns are predictable from the knowledge of the past re-turn series. Several methods like Hodrick-Prescott-filtering, Kalman-filtering, GARCH-M, EWMA and non-parametric regression are bench-marked against naive mean predictions. The extended empirical analysisincludes data of several hundred stocks and indexes over the last ten years.The root mean square error of the concerning prediction methods is cal-culated for several rolling windows of different length, in order to assesswhether or not local model fit is favorable.

Keywords: Hodrick-Prescot-Filter; Kalman-Filter; GARCH-Model;Non-Parametric Regression; Maximum-Likelihood Estimation; Nadaraya-Watson-Estimator.

1. Introduction

The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a mostactive and controversially discussed issue since the influential works of Famaand French (1988a,b), Campbell and Shiller (1988) and Poterba and Summers(1988). Subsequent research has focused on middle- and long-term predictabil-ity. Additional variables, beyond the stock asset price and its dividend, wereused to enhance predictive power. An incomplete list includes changes in inter-est rates and yield spreads between short- and long-term interest rates (Keimand Stambaugh, 1986; Campbell, 1987, 1991), book-to-market ratios (Kothariand Shanken, 1997; Pontiff and Schall, 1998), price-earnings ratios (Lamont,1998), consumption-wealth ratios (Lettau and Ludvigson, 2001) and stock mar-ket volatility (Goyal and Santa-Clara, 2003). A comparative survey of aggre-gated stock prediction with financial ratios is provided in Lewellen (2004). Anexcellent review is given in Rey (2003).

Unfortunately, short-term returns are exceedingly difficult to predict for dif-ferent reasons. First, the signal-to-noise ratio is extremely unfavorable for short-term returns or log-returns, respectively. Second, additional variables, like those

∗Thomas Mazzoni, Department for Applied Statistics, University of Hagen, Germany,Tel.: 0049 2331 9872106, Email: [email protected]

1

Page 3: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

mentioned in the previous paragraph, usually contribute to the trend of a stockasset over an extended period. Thus, in case of daily returns, their influenceis not detectable and one relies solely on statistical instruments and the infor-mation contained in the observation history. Nonetheless, predicting short-termreturns of stock assets is of great importance for example in risk-managementand related fields.

This paper contributes to the existing literature in that an extended em-pirical analysis of short-term (daily) log-returns of stock assets and indexes isconducted to answer the question, whether or not they are predictable to a cer-tain degree. For this purpose, more than 360 stocks are analyzed over the last10 years. Several statistical prediction methods are applied and benchmarkedagainst each other by assessing their root mean square errors.

The remainder of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 introducesthe statistical instruments used in this survey. Section 3 provides a detailedanalysis of eight influential stock indexes. Based on the results, an optimizedstudy design is established for the analysis of the 355 stock assets contained inthe indexes. In section 4 the procedure is exercised on thirty DAX stocks. Theresults are summarized in table form. Additional results from the remainingstock assets are provided in appendix B. Section 5 summarizes the findings anddiscusses the implications.

2. Prediction Methods

In this section the prediction methods used in this survey are introduced. Priorto this it is necessary to distinguish between local and global methods. In whatfollows, local methods are understood as prediction methods, which incorporateonly a limited amount of past information. A typical information horizon reaches40 or 100 days into the past. Global methods are prediction methods that rely onthe complete information available; in this case log-return data from 01-January-2000 to 31-January-2010. On the one hand, local methods often experience largevariability in their parameter estimates because of the small sample size. Onthe other hand, structural shifts due to environmental influences can cause themodel parameters themselves to vary over time. Local methods can betteradjust to such structural changes than global ones.

2.1. Mean Prediction

Log-returns, when analyzed with time series methods, generally turn out to bewhite noise processes. Therefore, the mean is the optimal linear predictor. It isalthough the most simple predictor to compute and hence serves as benchmarkin this survey, both locally and globally.

Let xt = logSt be the logarithmic stock asset price at time t. Let further∇ = 1−B be the difference operator and B the usual backward shift operator,then the log-return is ∇xt = xt − xt−1 and its linear local predictor is

∇xt+1 =1K

K−1∑k=0

∇xt−k =xt − xt−K

K. (1)

2

Page 4: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

K defines the size of the window for the rolling mean calculation. The globalpredictor is calculated analogously, but the telescoping series yields xT − x1.

Remark: Notice that in case of global prediction future information is in-volved in the prediction at time t < T . This is not a problem if the log-returnprocess is ergodic. In this case the distribution of the predictor is identical tothe distribution of another predictor, using the same amount of information butshifted back into the past by T − t days. Thus, equation (1) applies for theglobal predictor as well with K = T − 1.

2.2. Hodrick-Prescott-Filter

The Hodrick-Prescott-Filter (Hodrick and Prescott, 1997) basically divides atime series into its trend and cyclical component. Let

xt = gt + ct, (2)

again with xt = logSt, gt the growth component, ct the cyclical (noise) com-ponent and t = 1, . . . ,K. Then the HP-Filter is determined by solving theoptimization problem

min{gt}Kt=1

[K∑t=1

(xt − gt)2 + λK−1∑t=2

(∇2gt+1)2]. (3)

Because of the logarithmic transformation the trend of xt can be expected tobe linear. If changes in the trend are only due to random fluctuations, onecan formulate a random walk model for the growth rate ∇gt = ∇gt−1 +∇2gt.It can be shown (for example Reeves et al., 2000) that for ∇2gt ∼ N(0, σ2

g),ct ∼ N(0, σ2

c ), ∇2gt and ct independent and λ = σ2c/σ

2g , minimizing (3) yields

the Maximum-Likelihood estimator for g = (g1, . . . , gK)′

g(λ) = (I + λF′F)−1x, (4a)

with

F =

1 −2 1 0 · · · 00 1 −2 1 · · · 0...

. . . . . . . . ....

0 · · · 0 1 −2 1

. (4b)

In most cases the variances σ2c and σ2

g , and hence λ, will not be known (theymay even not be constant in time, see section 2.4). Remarkably, Schlicht (2005)was able to derive the log-likelihood function for λ

l(λ;x) = − log det[I + λF′F

]−K log

[x′x− x′g(λ)

]+ (K − 2) log λ. (5)

Equation (5) has to be maximized numerically with Newton-Raphson or a similaralgorithm (for an excellent treatment on this subject see Dennis and Schnabel,1983). The first and second derivative with respect to λ is derived analyticallyin appendix A.1.

3

Page 5: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

0 20 40 60 80 100

8.80

8.85

8.90

8.95

9.00

9.05

9.10

t

x t,g

t

Λ=10.26

0 5 10 15 20

-0.5

0.0

0.5

Lag

PAC

F

Figure 1: Original and HP-Filtered Logarithmic DJI (left) – Partial SampleAutocorrelation Function for Log-Returns (right)

In figure 1 (left) a portion of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index isshown in logarithmic scale (gray) and HP-Filtered (black). The estimated vari-ance ratio is λ = 10.263. Obviously, the filtered log-return series has partialautocorrelations at lag one and two (figure 1 right), whereas the original log-returns are white noise. The dashed lines indicate the 95% confidence bandunder the white noise hypothesis. The correlation structure of ∇gt is used to fitan AR(p) model, where the model order is selected with BIC (Schwarz, 1978).In this case a AR(2)-model is identified with φ1 = 1.522 and φ2 = −0.629.

The general prediction formula under Hodrick-Prescott-filtering is thus

∇xt+1 = µ+p∑

k=1

(φk∇gt−k+1 − µ), (6a)

withµ =

gt − gt−KK

. (6b)

The HP-prediction is clearly a local method because it involves a (K+1)×(K+1)matrix inversion and the predictor cannot be updated recursively.

2.3. Kalman-Filter

The Kalman-Filter (Kalman, 1960) is a sophisticated estimator for a partiallyor completely unobservable system state, conditioned on an information set pro-vided by a corresponding measurement process. If both, system and measure-ment process, are linear with Gaussian noise, the Kalman-Filter is the optimalestimator. For nonlinear processes, it is still the best linear estimator.

Because the Kalman-Filter is used as local predictor, the variance of the log-return process is assumed locally constant1. Thus, a basic structural state-space

1Prediction methods allowing for time varying variance, even locally, are introduced insections 2.4 and 2.5.

4

Page 6: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

model called local linear trend model can be formulated(ytµt

)=(

1 10 1

)(yt−1

µt−1

)+(εtηt

)(7a)

xt =(1 0

)(ytµt

). (7b)

The noise vector is assumed identically and independently N(0,Q)-distributed.The variance of εt can be estimated by the sample variance of ∇xt, Var[εt] =E[(∇xt − µ)2] = σ2. To determine the variance of ηt is a little more involved,because the mean process is unobserved. Because ηt represents the variabilityof the estimated mean, its variance can be estimated by cross validation of µ.Let µ−k be the estimated mean, omitting the k-th log-return. Then the crossvalidated mean estimator is

µ =1K

K∑k=1

µ−k =1

K(K − 1)

K−1∑k=0

∑j 6=k∇xt−j . (8)

It is easy to see that µ is unbiased, because E[µ] = E[µ], and its sample varianceis Var[µ] = σ2/K(K−1), which is an estimator for the variance of ηt. Because ytand µt are assumed mutually independent, the off-diagonal entries of Q vanishand one obtains

Q =

(σ2 00 σ2

K(K−1)

). (9)

The rekursive Kalman-scheme provides an optimal estimator for the unob-served system state. It is convenient to write (7a) and (7b) in vector/matrix-form as yt = Ayt−1 + εt and xt = Hyt, respectively. Let further yt be thesystem state expectation at time t and Pt the state error covariance. Then theoptimal filter is provided by the Kalman-recursions

yt+1|t = Ayt|tPt+1|t = APt|tA′ + Q

(10a)

Kt = Pt|t−1H′(HPt|t−1H′)−1

yt|t = yt|t−1 + Kt(xt −Hyt|t−1)

Pt|t = (I−KtH)Pt|t−1.

(10b)

Finally, the Kalman-Filter has to be initialized with prior state expectation anderror covariance. It is assumed that µ0 = µ and y0 = x1 − µ and therefore,Var[µ0] = Var[y0] = σ2/K. Then the initial prior moments are

y1|0 =(x1

µ

)and P1|0 =

σ2

K

(K + 2 1

1 KK−1

). (11)

Figure 2 illustrates the filtered mean process and log-predictions for the“Deutscher Aktien Index” (DAX) from November-2009 until January-2010.

5

Page 7: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

-0.4

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

t

Μ`tt

in%

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

8.60

8.65

8.70

t

y` t+1

t

Figure 2: Filtered Mean Process and 95% HPD-Band for DAX (left) – PredictedLogarithmic DAX and 95% HPD-Band (right)

The Kalman-predicted log-return takes the particularly simple form

∇xt+1 = yt+1|t − xt. (12)

The Kalman-Filter is clearly a local instrument because the variance is assumedconstant. In the next two subsections methods are introduced that do not sufferfrom this restriction.

2.4. GARCH-in-Mean

In this subsection the GARCH-in-Mean-model is introduced. ARCH- andGARCH-models (Engle, 1982; Bollerslev, 1986) are extraordinary successful ineconometrics and finance because they account for heteroscedasticity and otherstylized facts of financial time series (e.g. volatility clustering). This is accom-plished by conditioning the variance on former variances and squared errors.The ARCH-in-Mean model (Engle et al., 1987) involves an additional point ofgreat importance. It relates the expected return to the level of present volatil-ity. This is significant from an economic point of view, because in arbitragepricing theory it is assumed that an agent has to be compensated for the riskhe is taking in form of a risk premium. Thus, GARCH-in-Mean models are thestarting point for GARCH-based option valuation methods (e.g. Duan, 1995;Duan et al., 1999, 2004; Heston and Nandi, 1997, 2000; Mazzoni, 2008). Recentresearch challenges the calibration of option valuation models under the physicalprobability measure (Christoffersen and Jacobs, 2004). Therefore, the results ofthis survey may provide some insights on this topic.

For the empirical analysis a standard GARCH(1,1)-model has been chosenand the risk premium is modeled linearly regarding volatility. The model equa-tions are

∇xt = µ+ λσt + εt (13a)

σ2t = ω + αε2t−1 + βσ2

t−1, (13b)

with εt = σtzt and zt ∼ N(0, 1). The parameters have to be estimated withMaximum-Likelihood. This can cause problems because on the one hand, ML

6

Page 8: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

is only asymptotically optimal. In small samples ML-estimates can be seriouslybiased and the distribution of the estimates can suffer from large deviationsfrom normality. On the other hand, in small samples the likelihood-surfacemight be nearly flat, which causes problems in numerical maximization routines.Therefore the model parameters are estimated using the full time series, whichmakes the prediction a global one. Under GARCH-in-Mean, the predictionformula is

∇xt+1 = µ+ λ√ω + αε2t + βσ2

t . (14)

2.5. EWMA

Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA, McNeil et al., 2005, sect. 4.4)is an easy to calculate alternative to ARCH/GARCH specification. It is alsoable to track changing volatility, but its theoretical rational is not as strong asfor the heteroscedastic models of section 2.4. The variance equation (13b) isreplaced by a simpler version

σ2t = γσ2

t−1 + (1− γ)(∇xt−1)2, (15)

where γ is a persistence parameter, yet to be determined. If it is known, andthe initial value σ2

t−K is approximated, for example by the sample variance, thewhole series σ2

t−K , . . . , σ2t+1 can be calculated. Thus, the parameters in (13a)

can be estimated directly with Generalized Least-Squares (GLS). Let θ = (µ, λ)′

thenθ = (X′WX)−1X′W∇x, (16a)

with

X =

1 σt...

...1 σt−K

and W =

σ2t 0

. . .0 σ2

t−K

. (16b)

The volatility persistence γ can either be obtained by external estimationor be fixed at γ = 0.9, which is a practitioners setting. Figure 3 shows log-returns of the FTSE 100 index of the last ten years. A GARCH-in-Mean modelwas fitted and the local volatility σt was calculated. The upper limit of the95% confidence area in figure 3 is calculated from these GARCH-volatilities.The lower limit is calculated from an EWMA-model with volatility persistenceγ = 0.9. Both limits are virtually symmetric, but the GARCH-estimation ismuch more demanding. Furthermore, the EWMA-method can be used as localpredictor and the corresponding prediction formula is

∇xt+1 = µ+ λ√γσ2

t + (1− γ)(∇xt)2. (17)

2.6. Non-Parametric Regression

The general idea of the non-parametric regression method is to establish a non-linear function for the conditional expectation m(x) = E[∇xt|∇xt−1 = x] and

7

Page 9: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

-10

-5

0

5

10

Time

Log

-R

etur

nsin

%

Figure 3: FTSE 100 Log-Returns and Confidence Band – GARCH-in-Mean (upper) andEWMA (lower)

estimate this function from the data under the model

∇xt = m(∇xt−1) + εt, (18)

(cf. Franke et al., 2001, sect. 13.1). The non-linear function m(x) can be ap-proximated by Taylor -series expansion in the neighborhood of an arbitrary ob-servation ∇xt

m(∇xt) ≈p∑j=0

m(j)(x)j!

(∇xt − x)j (19)

and hence, one can formulate a Least-Squares problem of the kind

K−1∑k=0

ε2t−k =K−1∑k=0

(∇xt−k −

p∑j=0

θj(∇xt−k−1 − x)j)2, (20)

with the coefficients θj = m(j)(x)/j!. Notice that (20) is only a local approxi-mation. Thus, the observations have to be weighted according to their distanceto x. This is usually done by using kernel-functions.

Kernel-functions are mainly used in non-parametric density estimation2.Certain characteristics are required by a kernel function, which are already sat-isfied, if a valid probability density function is used as kernel function. In thisapplication, the standard normal density function is used as kernel function,because it is sufficiently efficient compared to the optimal kernel (Silverman,1986, tab. 3.1 on p. 43) and it has smooth derivatives of arbitrary order

Kh(x) =1hφ(xh

). (21)

2For an excellent treatment on this subject see Silverman (1986).

8

Page 10: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

The parameter h is the bandwidth or smoothing parameter of the kernel func-tion; its determination has a strong impact on the results of the nonparametricregression. Now the coefficient vector θ(x) can be estimated by solving theoptimization problem

θ = arg minθ

K∑k=1

(∇xt−k+1 −

p∑j=0

θj(∇xt−k − x)j)2Kh(∇xt−k − x). (22)

This optimization problem can be solved by GLS, if the bandwidth of the kernelfunction is determined prior to the estimation procedure. This is usually done bycross validation (e.g. Bhar and Hamori, 2005, sect. 4.5). But if the distributionof the log-returns is assumed locally normal, the optimal bandwidth can becalculated analytically (Silverman, 1986, sect. 3.4.2)

hopt = 5

√4

3Kσ. (23)

Estimating σ and inserting the resulting optimal bandwidth in (22), the opti-mization problem has the solution

θ = (X′WX)−1X′W∇x, (24a)

with

X =

1 ∇xt−1 − x . . . (∇xt−1 − x)p...

.... . .

...1 ∇xt−K − x . . . (∇xt−K − x)p

, ∇x =

∇xt...

∇xt−K+1

and W =

Kh(∇xt−1 − x) 0. . .

0 Kh(∇xt−K − x)

.

(24b)

The desired non-parametric estimator for the conditional expectation is givenby

m(x) = θ0(x). (25)

Notice: for p = 0 the optimization problem, and hence the non-parametricestimator (24a) and (24b), reduces to the ordinary Nadaraya-Watson-estimator(Nadaraya, 1964; Watson, 1964).

In figure 4 non-parametric regression estimates of orders p = 0 (solid black),p = 1 (dashed) and p = 2 (gray) are given. Observe that higher order polynomialfits tend to diverge for peripheral values. This is the case for p = 2 in figure 4left. Divergent behavior of the approximation can be counteracted to a certaindegree by increasing the bandwidth of the kernel function, see figure 4 right.Obviously, the non-parametric regression yields a roughly parabolic structure,which could explain the absence of linear correlation.

Non-parametric regression is clearly a local method and the log-return pre-dictor is

∇xt+1 = m(∇xt). (26)

9

Page 11: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

-0.04 -0.02 0.02 0.04Ñxt-1

-0.02

-0.01

0.01

0.02

0.03

E@ÑxtÈÑxt-1D

h=hopt

-0.04 -0.02 0.02 0.04Ñxt-1

0.01

0.02

0.03

E@ÑxtÈÑxt-1D

h=1.5hopt

Figure 4: Non-Parametric Regression of Hang Seng Index

3. Empirical Analysis of Index Returns

In this section, the log-returns of eight representative stock indexes are ana-lyzed. The stock assets contained in each index are analyzed in detail in thenext section. The indexes are Deutscher Aktienindex (DAX), Dow Jones EuroStoxx 50 (STOXX50E), Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJI), FinancialTimes Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE), Hang Seng Index (HSI), NasdaqCanada (CND), Nasdaq Technology Index (NDXT) and TecDAX (TECDAX).The analyzed log-return data ranges from 01-January-2000 to 31-January-2010,if available3.

Table 1 gives the root mean square error of the applied prediction methodin %. The table is organized as follows:

• Index indicates the analyzed stock index. All abbreviations refer to Wol-fram’s financial and economic database.

• K gives the window size, used in local prediction methods.

• Mean indicates the overall mean value (global) and the ordinary rollingmean (local), respectively.

• The abbreviation HP indicates prediction with the Hodrick-Prescott-Filter. HP(λ) means that the filter was applied with the fixed smoothingparameter λ. This is computationally more convenient because numericalmaximization routines are no longer required.

• KF indicates prediction with the Kalman-Filter.

• EW(γ) indicates prediction with the EWMA method. Volatility persis-tence γ is given in %.

• NR(p) means non-parametric regression. The parameter p indicates theorder of polynomial approximation. For p = 0 the method results in theordinary Nadaraya-Watson-estimator.

• GARCH indicates the prediction with a globally fitted GARCH-in-Meanmodel.

3The TecDAX index gained approval to the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse AG at24-March-2003. It replaced the Nemax50 index.

10

Page 12: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

LocalR

MSE

GlobalR

MSE

Index

KMean

HP

HP(6)

HP(10)

HP(20)

KF

EW(80)

EW(90)

EW(95)

NR(0)

NR(1)

NR(2)

Mean

GARCH

DAX

401.6884

1.8102

1.8168

1.8026

1.7858

1.6901

1.7540

1.7629

1.7613

1.7335

1.8769

7.7156

1.66

701.6695

STOXX50E

401.5758

1.6984

1.7109

1.6975

1.6790

1.5785

1.6319

1.6407

1.6378

1.6089

1.7167

23.3640

1.55

601.5584

DJI

401.3305

1.4279

1.4379

1.4240

1.4070

1.3321

1.3809

1.3821

1.3818

1.3605

1.6544

11.7722

1.31

151.3129

FTSE

401.3548

1.4632

1.4704

1.4572

1.4396

1.3570

1.4128

1.4156

1.4132

1.3948

1.5477

5.0607

1.33

651.3375

HSI

401.7137

1.8475

1.8392

1.8279

1.8118

1.7149

1.8263

1.8290

1.8164

1.7815

2.5769

16.9932

1.69

281.6938

CND

402.2914

2.4423

2.4331

2.4190

2.4030

2.2899

2.4074

2.3952

2.3795

2.3462

3.1807

52.0094

2.2709

2.27

05NDXT

402.1137

2.2806

2.2971

2.2716

2.2399

2.1172

2.2145

2.2180

2.2206

2.1524

2.4040

6.0588

2.09

382.0981

TEC

DAX

401.7523

1.863

1.8652

1.8591

1.8508

1.7527

1.8195

1.814

1.8133

1.8183

2.0185

6.8387

1.73

271.7337

DAX

100

1.6733

1.8163

1.8228

1.8070

1.7872

1.6743

1.7128

1.7167

1.7208

1.7118

1.8093

4.4208

1.66

681.6691

STOXX50E

100

1.4818

1.6162

1.6266

1.6101

1.5918

1.4832

1.5228

1.5269

1.5328

1.5146

2.0347

24.1967

1.47

651.4783

DJI

100

1.3056

1.4189

1.4320

1.4157

1.3970

1.3068

1.3354

1.3400

1.3444

1.3224

1.5263

9.7191

1.30

031.3020

FTSE

100

1.3392

1.4643

1.4729

1.4583

1.4396

1.3407

1.3767

1.3769

1.3801

1.3700

1.6050

6.8907

1.33

421.3354

HSI

100

1.6836

1.8284

1.8288

1.8140

1.7961

1.6841

1.7555

1.7437

1.7387

1.7572

4.6404

53.0186

1.67

631.6768

CND

100

2.2862

2.4517

2.4498

2.4333

2.4139

2.2853

2.3258

2.3248

2.3293

2.3222

3.2307

37.2829

2.2795

2.27

91NDXT

100

2.1649

2.3602

2.3799

2.3503

2.3141

2.1658

2.2219

2.2268

2.2335

2.1876

2.3724

3.2032

2.15

842.1629

TEC

DAX

100

1.7402

1.8659

1.8706

1.8646

1.8554

1.7407

1.7844

1.7841

1.7851

1.7808

2.0986

12.6642

1.73

461.7359

DAX

250

1.6909

1.8517

1.8530

1.8357

1.8138

1.6909

1.7173

1.7176

1.7163

1.7214

2.1478

7.8891

1.68

741.6896

STOXX50E

250

1.4021

1.5388

1.5427

1.5257

1.5062

1.4019

1.4362

1.4328

1.4328

1.4202

1.6333

1.6621

1.39

861.4005

DJI

250

1.3168

1.4373

1.4486

1.4321

1.4125

1.3169

1.3422

1.3411

1.3416

1.3356

1.5753

1.8065

1.31

371.3154

FTSE

250

1.3561

1.4941

1.4996

1.4831

1.4624

1.3564

1.3874

1.3825

1.3826

1.3725

1.4975

2.2697

1.35

341.3545

HSI

250

1.6747

1.8312

1.8328

1.8156

1.7955

1.6745

1.7212

1.7069

1.6980

1.7241

6.3393

86.4545

1.67

081.6715

CND

250

2.3212

2.4910

2.4947

2.4773

2.4557

2.3201

2.3572

2.3631

2.3625

2.3729

3.1625

12.6406

2.3131

2.31

21NDXT

250

2.3515

2.5684

2.5897

2.5562

2.5164

2.3512

2.3882

2.3910

2.3966

2.3733

2.5462

6.3705

2.34

532.3507

TEC

DAX

250

1.7688

1.9034

1.9104

1.9019

1.8904

1.7682

1.7931

1.7945

1.7954

1.8203

2.6563

79.7466

1.76

321.7649

Tab

le1:

Roo

tMeanSq

uare

Errorin

%of

IndexLo

g-ReturnPrediction

11

Page 13: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

The minimum root mean square error in % over all prediction methods is indi-cated in boldface.

In particular, each prediction is generated by considering the last K valuesxt, . . . , xt−K and then calculating the one step log-return prediction ∇xt+1. Thisis also done for the global predictors, even if their parameter estimates do notdepend on the rolling window position or size.

Obviously, the global mean provides the best predictor for log-returns inalmost all cases. Its RMSE differs only slightly from the RMSE of the GARCH-in-Mean prediction. Because all root mean square errors are in %, the differenceis roughly O(10−5). Hence, the first surprising result is that using local methodsdoes not seem to enhance prediction quality. Among all local predictors, rollingmean and Kalman-Filter provide the most precise forecasts. Observe furtherthat the RMSE for the Hodrick-Prescott-predictor nearly coincides with theHP-Filter prediction with fixed smoothing parameter λ = 10. Thus, in furthercomputations HP(10) is used to speed up calculations. All EWMA predictionsprovide very similar results. Therefore, only EW(90) will be used in furtheranalysis, because it provides a good average. The non-parametric regressionmethod clearly indicates that higher order Taylor -series expansion is ineffectivein this situation. Only NR(0), which coincides with the Nadaraya-Watson-estimator, generates reasonable RMSEs. Thus, higher order NR-predictors areabandoned in further analysis.

From this first survey it can be concluded that the benefit of local predictionis questionable. Furthermore, it seems that the global mean value is the simplestand most efficient predictor.

4. Empirical Analysis of Stock Asset Returns

In this section the stock assets contained in the “Deutscher Aktien Index” (DAX)are analyzed in detail. A similar analysis was conducted for the stocks containedin the other indexes of section 3. The results are summarized in appendix B, andwill be discussed comprehensively in section 5. The results of local and globallog-return predictions of DAX stocks are summarized in table 2. The organiza-tion of the data is analogous to table 1, with two exceptions. First, smoothing-or persistence-parameters are fixed as indicated in the previous section andtherefore no longer listed, and second, the abbreviation NW now indicates theNadaraya-Watson-prediction method.

Again, the mean prediction is the dominant method. But despite the resultsfor indexes, a smaller RMSE can be achieved by local prediction in roughlyone half of the cases. For some stock assets, the most efficient prediction isaccomplished by the Kalman-Filter, which virtually tracks the changes in thelog-return expectation. Furthermore, in those cases, where the GARCH-in-Mean method appears superior, GARCH-prediction RMSEs are barely smallerthan the corresponding global mean RMSEs.

Some preliminary conclusions can be drawn from this observation. First,obviously market portfolios, or indexes as their proxies, are unaffected by lo-cal trends in the expected log-returns, whereas stock assets may be. Second,

12

Page 14: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

AD

S.D

E3.

7735

3.99

333.

7764

3.85

183.

8086

3.77

384.

0138

3.77

593.

8049

3.80

353.

9075

4.16

023.

9083

3.93

613.

9366

3.89

973.

9466

ALV

.DE

2.68

452.

8746

2.68

802.

8269

2.78

802.

6455

2.85

662.

6467

2.71

422.

7380

2.69

122.

9219

2.69

102.

7368

2.78

802.

6854

2.68

86B

AS.

DE

2.35

462.

5275

2.35

992.

5527

2.37

252.

3423

2.54

282.

3451

2.46

232.

3173

2.33

102.

5455

2.33

162.

3853

2.35

852.

3254

2.33

20B

AY

N.D

E2.

6902

2.88

282.

6960

2.89

762.

8113

2.68

732.

9089

2.68

902.

8537

2.66

742.

6155

2.85

892.

6160

2.66

322.

6253

2.60

912.

6330

BEI.D

E3.

0727

3.23

563.

0739

3.11

503.

1101

3.07

033.

2450

3.07

053.

0781

3.09

693.

1591

3.34

573.

1594

3.16

453.

1656

3.15

424.

0011

BM

W.D

E2.

1269

2.27

772.

1305

2.19

342.

2330

2.05

512.

2285

2.05

692.

0867

2.12

052.

0585

2.23

822.

0589

2.07

672.

1322

2.05

402.

0543

CB

K.D

E3.

2402

3.44

653.

2438

3.38

413.

3113

3.19

553.

4321

3.19

513.

2719

3.24

553.

2358

3.48

493.

2334

3.28

873.

2906

3.22

463.

4090

DA

I.DE

2.34

752.

4922

2.34

792.

4751

2.41

632.

3008

2.47

512.

3031

2.36

692.

3478

2.33

342.

5148

2.33

302.

3796

2.37

342.

3276

2.33

04D

B1.

DE

5.65

285.

9800

5.65

695.

7368

5.68

002.

8094

2.98

372.

8054

2.90

972.

8400

2.81

573.

0342

2.81

362.

8679

2.83

562.

8038

2.96

08D

BK

.DE

2.70

072.

8958

2.70

372.

8189

2.80

802.

6744

2.88

682.

6741

2.74

762.

7655

2.72

932.

9574

2.72

842.

7789

2.87

022.

7208

2.72

24D

PW

.DE

2.46

752.

6191

2.46

942.

7354

2.54

442.

2589

2.43

462.

2614

2.37

342.

3590

2.18

192.

3612

2.18

192.

2352

2.31

862.

1769

2.17

75D

TE.D

E2.

5324

2.72

332.

5364

2.63

142.

5900

2.43

832.

6519

2.44

052.

4951

2.49

572.

3659

2.59

172.

3669

2.40

012.

4000

2.36

212.

3626

EO

AN

.DE

2.57

672.

7669

2.58

372.

8690

2.71

132.

5640

2.78

242.

5670

2.83

542.

7138

2.54

412.

7807

2.54

512.

6046

2.66

002.

5387

2.62

86FM

E.D

E3.

0104

3.19

153.

0138

3.06

693.

0326

2.99

653.

1833

2.99

793.

0188

3.00

633.

0767

3.27

543.

0775

3.08

393.

0925

3.06

993.

0724

FRE3.

DE

3.24

773.

4341

3.24

993.

3138

3.28

473.

2377

3.43

113.

2387

3.26

653.

2639

3.33

153.

5392

3.33

153.

3416

3.35

253.

3234

3.46

60H

EN

3.D

E3.

1154

3.28

583.

1157

3.16

743.

1991

3.11

053.

2927

3.11

113.

1280

3.12

593.

2174

3.41

503.

2178

3.22

283.

2289

3.21

053.

7094

IFX

.DE

4.01

614.

1975

4.01

224.

1376

4.10

194.

0061

4.22

484.

0014

4.05

444.

0851

4.02

684.

2626

4.02

544.

0697

4.07

524.

0181

4.18

17LH

A.D

E2.

0820

2.22

212.

0841

2.18

182.

1396

1.98

632.

1474

1.98

832.

0128

1.98

991.

9051

2.05

951.

9046

1.92

911.

9238

1.89

971.

8996

LIN

.DE

1.95

502.

0973

1.95

812.

0051

1.97

571.

8774

2.03

861.

8789

1.91

891.

8965

1.81

861.

9808

1.81

871.

8540

1.84

191.

8137

1.81

33M

AN

.DE

2.91

913.

1218

2.92

363.

1359

2.96

352.

8709

3.10

782.

8734

3.14

942.

9340

2.52

082.

7356

2.52

002.

5395

2.57

682.

5149

2.51

51M

EO

.DE

2.15

692.

3137

2.15

832.

3072

2.21

522.

0645

2.23

772.

0667

2.15

762.

1448

2.04

072.

2128

2.04

072.

1249

2.15

292.

0360

2.03

82M

RK

.DE

1.95

902.

0925

1.96

052.

0312

1.99

111.

8947

2.05

741.

8965

1.92

191.

9216

1.82

621.

9953

1.82

671.

8397

1.86

981.

8227

1.82

07M

UV

2.D

E2.

0257

2.16

342.

0279

2.13

302.

0633

1.81

171.

9602

1.81

311.

8852

1.86

011.

7226

1.87

781.

7233

1.77

391.

8029

1.71

871.

7186

RW

E.D

E1.

8070

1.93

461.

8092

2.00

401.

9080

1.66

531.

7990

1.66

601.

7606

1.79

061.

6582

1.80

381.

6588

1.70

681.

7697

1.65

601.

6582

SAP.

DE

1.92

092.

0391

1.92

261.

9641

1.96

431.

8371

1.97

321.

8378

1.87

881.

8753

1.71

931.

8599

1.71

991.

7559

1.74

751.

7151

1.76

50SD

F.D

E2.

4995

2.65

782.

5016

2.58

902.

5795

2.47

352.

6578

2.47

372.

5177

2.53

652.

5189

2.72

312.

5192

2.55

092.

5795

2.51

372.

5144

SIE.D

E2.

1927

2.34

132.

1940

2.29

822.

2636

2.14

782.

3258

2.14

922.

2123

2.20

682.

1757

2.36

462.

1756

2.20

952.

2424

2.16

862.

2493

SZG

.DE

2.99

123.

2117

2.99

553.

1138

3.09

472.

9904

3.24

422.

9921

3.08

323.

0422

3.07

533.

3561

3.07

603.

1272

3.15

703.

0738

3.07

60T

KA

.DE

3.03

773.

2372

3.04

253.

3715

3.09

462.

9912

3.21

862.

9934

3.42

513.

0302

3.03

663.

2870

3.03

693.

5320

3.09

123.

0291

3.05

47VO

W3.

DE

2.59

672.

7513

2.59

482.

7760

2.70

692.

5704

2.74

602.

5680

2.67

582.

6936

2.59

472.

7843

2.59

362.

6878

2.74

312.

5874

2.58

38

Tab

le2:

Roo

tMeanSq

uare

Errorin

%of

Log-ReturnPredictionforDeutscher

AktienIndex(D

AX)Stocks

13

Page 15: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

there seems to be very little exploitable systematic information to infer from theknowledge of previous log-returns to future log-returns. The GARCH-in-Meanprediction, which associates information about the current volatility with thedesired risk-premium, generates barely more efficient forecasts than the corre-sponding mean prediction, and only for a few stock assets. Only for BASF theincorporation of nonlinear information results in more precise forecasts. Thus,for most stocks the log-return process seems to be a noise process.

5. Summary and Conclusions

Daily log-returns of 355 stock assets and 8 indexes were analyzed over more thanten years. Several non trivial methods were used to calculate a one-step-aheadprediction. The efficiency of the predictions was assessed by the root meansquare error criterium.

In roughly half the cases, the global mean prediction generated the smallestRMSE. The GARCH-in-Mean prediction achieved RMSEs of similar magnitudesin some cases. Especially indexes seem to be dominated by global parameters,whereas stock assets occasionally are better predicted by local methods. Amongall local prediction methods the rolling mean is superior in almost all cases. In asmall number of occasions the Kalman-Filter method generates the best predic-tions. The Nadaraya-Watson-estimator only prevails on very rare exceptions.Other prediction methods seem to be inferior.

What conclusions can be drawn from this analysis? First, short-term stockasset log-returns are modeled adequately by noise processes. The same is trueof indexes. Nonlinear dependencies, if they exist, are obviously of minor impor-tance. As a consequence, knowledge of the past is not instrumental in predictingthe next value of the log-return process. Second, the parameters of those noisemodels have not necessarily to be invariant in time. It is common knowledgethat volatilities are not constant. One possible way to account for this fact math-ematically are GARCH-models. But the results of the current analysis suggestthat expectation values might be subject to local trends as well. This can beinferred from the fact that local prediction methods are successful in roughlyhalf the cases. Third, one would have expected the GARCH-in-Mean predictionto be superior, because it involves well established economic assumptions aboutrisk premia. This is not the case, which is problematic for the arbitrage pricingtheory. GARCH-in-Mean models are used for option valuation (Duan, 1995;Heston and Nandi, 2000; Mazzoni, 2008) in that they are estimated under aphysical probability measure P and subsequently translated into an equivalentmodel with risk-neutral measure Q, under which the option is valuated. Thismight explain why recent approaches to calibrate the model directly under therisk-neutral measure Q are partially more successful (Christoffersen and Jacobs,2004).

The current investigation clearly indicates that daily log-return processes arenot predictable, at least not beyond their mean value. Therefore, they are notsuited for profit-oriented investment strategies. This clearly classifies financialmarkets as risk transfer markets, at least in short term.

14

Page 16: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

A. Mathematical Appendix

A.1. Log-Likelihood Derivatives

Let M(λ) = (I + λF′F)−1. For notational convenience, functional argumentsare omitted in what follows. Then the log-likelihood function (5) can be written

l = − log detM−1 −K log[x′(I−M)x

]+ (K − 2) log λ. (27)

The differential of the determinant of an arbitrary quadratic and invertiblematrix A is ddetA = detA · tr

[A−1dA

](cf. Magnus and Neudecker, 2007,

sect. 8.3). In particular, d log detA = tr[A−1dA

]holds. Further, the dif-

ferential of the inverse is dA−1 = −A−1(dA)A−1 (Magnus and Neudecker,2007, sect. 8.4). Observe that M can be expanded into a Taylor -seriesM = I−λF′F+(λF′F)2− . . . and hence, M and F′F commute. Therefore, thederivative of M with respect to λ is −M2F′F. Now the derivative of (27) canbe calculated and one obtains

dl

dλ= −tr

[MF′F

]−K x′M2F′Fx

x′(I−M)x+K − 2λ

. (28)

Because dtrA = tr dA (Magnus and Neudecker, 2007, p. 148), the calculationof the second derivative is straight forward

d2l

dλ2= tr

[(MF′F)2

]+K

(x′M2F′Fxx′(I−M)x

)2

+ 2Kx′M3(F′F)2xx′(I−M)x

− K − 2λ2

. (29)

15

Page 17: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

B.

Tab

les

B.1

.R

MSE

ofD

owJo

nes

Euro

Sto

xx50

Index

(ST

OX

X50

E)

Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

AB

I.BR

5.77

136.

1225

5.77

245.

9143

5.92

205.

8001

6.17

915.

7991

5.96

306.

0225

5.96

486.

3620

5.96

417.

1517

6.21

105.

9518

6.74

39ACA

.PA

2.62

772.

8167

2.63

122.

7293

2.70

772.

6271

2.85

342.

6295

2.67

782.

6947

2.55

152.

7811

2.55

162.

5737

2.60

682.

5449

2.54

52AG

N.A

S3.

4509

3.68

433.

4548

3.59

783.

5550

3.29

173.

5527

3.29

573.

3650

3.40

383.

3260

3.59

353.

3265

3.37

553.

4430

3.31

723.

4623

AI.P

A3.

3125

3.52

813.

3219

3.89

653.

7945

3.31

473.

5538

3.31

874.

1444

3.76

173.

4294

3.68

483.

4309

4.29

893.

8959

3.42

235.

3999

ALO

.PA

2.95

333.

1702

2.95

783.

0579

3.02

532.

9651

3.21

522.

9676

3.01

353.

0453

2.99

263.

2724

2.99

343.

0325

3.03

982.

9880

2.98

77A

LV.D

E2.

6845

2.87

462.

6880

2.82

692.

7880

2.64

552.

8566

2.64

672.

7142

2.73

802.

6912

2.92

192.

6910

2.73

682.

7880

2.68

542.

6886

BA

S.D

E2.

3546

2.52

752.

3599

2.55

272.

3725

2.34

232.

5428

2.34

512.

4623

2.31

732.

3310

2.54

552.

3316

2.38

532.

3585

2.32

542.

3320

BAY

N.D

E2.

6902

2.88

282.

6960

2.89

762.

8113

2.68

732.

9089

2.68

902.

8537

2.66

742.

6155

2.85

892.

6160

2.66

322.

6253

2.60

912.

6330

BB

VA

.MC

1.93

642.

0548

1.93

612.

0110

1.97

841.

8775

2.01

441.

8788

1.92

131.

8951

1.90

802.

0495

1.90

771.

9338

1.90

731.

9031

1.90

69B

N.P

A2.

3207

2.47

072.

3220

2.40

412.

3537

2.30

362.

4756

2.30

562.

3455

2.33

282.

3825

2.56

682.

3835

2.41

122.

4016

2.37

912.

3964

BN

P.PA

2.44

732.

6121

2.45

122.

5483

2.52

812.

4165

2.59

672.

4166

2.44

992.

4685

2.47

182.

6747

2.47

222.

4927

2.49

582.

4658

2.48

32CA

.PA

1.77

831.

8981

1.78

061.

8476

1.83

541.

6975

1.83

121.

6986

1.75

321.

7552

1.71

011.

8529

1.71

061.

7417

1.77

321.

7072

1.70

74CRG

.IR2.

2364

2.41

192.

2406

2.32

282.

3118

2.22

842.

4326

2.23

092.

2570

2.27

662.

2760

2.50

102.

2773

2.29

752.

3159

2.27

312.

2736

CS.

PA5.

2962

5.64

755.

3146

6.47

905.

3263

5.27

185.

6654

5.28

097.

1877

5.30

415.

4736

5.89

465.

4769

7.54

985.

5002

5.46

226.

0403

DA

I.DE

2.34

752.

4922

2.34

792.

4751

2.41

632.

3008

2.47

512.

3031

2.36

692.

3478

2.33

342.

5148

2.33

302.

3796

2.37

342.

3276

2.33

04D

B1.

DE

5.65

285.

9800

5.65

695.

7368

5.68

002.

8094

2.98

372.

8054

2.90

972.

8400

2.81

573.

0342

2.81

362.

8679

2.83

562.

8038

2.96

08D

BK

.DE

2.70

072.

8958

2.70

372.

8189

2.80

802.

6744

2.88

682.

6741

2.74

762.

7655

2.72

932.

9574

2.72

842.

7789

2.87

022.

7208

2.72

24D

G.P

A3.

1277

3.32

003.

1295

3.20

933.

1654

3.13

453.

3548

3.13

653.

1804

3.16

033.

2405

3.47

403.

2409

3.26

863.

2737

3.23

443.

4804

DT

E.D

E2.

5324

2.72

332.

5364

2.63

142.

5900

2.43

832.

6519

2.44

052.

4951

2.49

572.

3659

2.59

172.

3669

2.40

012.

4000

2.36

212.

3626

EN

EL.

MI

1.54

141.

6477

1.54

321.

6769

1.64

301.

5278

1.65

301.

5292

1.61

901.

6178

1.56

651.

7029

1.56

711.

6348

1.69

581.

5654

1.56

89EN

I.MI

1.72

441.

8477

1.72

701.

8145

1.73

731.

7024

1.84

581.

7037

1.76

281.

7208

1.74

461.

9020

1.74

561.

7834

1.75

401.

7422

1.74

31EO

AN

.DE

2.57

672.

7669

2.58

372.

8690

2.71

132.

5640

2.78

242.

5670

2.83

542.

7138

2.54

412.

7807

2.54

512.

6046

2.66

002.

5387

2.62

86FP

.PA

3.83

304.

0643

3.83

823.

8932

3.85

713.

8403

4.08

433.

8419

3.88

303.

8402

3.98

484.

2485

3.98

584.

0010

3.99

603.

9772

4.35

75FT

E.P

A1.

7132

1.85

391.

7168

1.80

531.

7724

1.56

681.

7061

1.56

801.

6019

1.59

961.

5431

1.69

391.

5435

1.55

461.

5674

1.53

941.

5396

GLE

.PA

2.58

012.

7429

2.58

192.

7151

2.68

452.

5415

2.73

722.

5437

2.59

322.

5820

2.61

062.

8183

2.61

072.

6529

2.63

632.

6057

2.60

89G

.MI

1.67

601.

7734

1.67

611.

7494

1.74

291.

6579

1.77

431.

6589

1.70

491.

7082

1.67

281.

7973

1.67

281.

6950

1.71

541.

6687

1.66

95IB

E.M

C3.

8166

4.03

223.

8174

3.93

883.

8630

3.84

524.

0772

3.84

603.

8767

3.87

843.

9917

4.23

753.

9914

3.99

374.

0220

3.97

994.

3596

16

Page 18: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

ING

A.A

S3.

4984

3.70

223.

4966

3.73

993.

5918

3.37

463.

6180

3.37

753.

5001

3.47

723.

4808

3.73

373.

4798

3.56

743.

5585

3.46

943.

9115

ISP.

MI

2.50

332.

6791

2.50

452.

6310

2.56

512.

4246

2.62

432.

4257

2.47

862.

4660

2.45

712.

6714

2.45

702.

4983

2.49

582.

4504

2.45

39M

C.P

A1.

8439

1.97

151.

8464

1.90

661.

8954

1.79

251.

9410

1.79

391.

8376

1.82

951.

8193

1.98

091.

8196

1.84

421.

8507

1.81

521.

8206

MU

V2.

DE

2.02

572.

1634

2.02

792.

1330

2.06

331.

8117

1.96

021.

8131

1.88

521.

8601

1.72

261.

8778

1.72

331.

7739

1.80

291.

7187

1.71

86O

R.P

A1.

6337

1.75

251.

6360

1.70

411.

6606

1.55

791.

6935

1.55

961.

6144

1.59

151.

5711

1.71

381.

5713

1.59

191.

5733

1.56

751.

5670

PH

IA.A

S2.

7297

2.91

832.

7331

2.83

322.

7925

2.65

112.

8693

2.65

322.

6894

2.67

662.

5629

2.78

532.

5630

2.58

042.

6027

2.55

652.

5570

REP.

MC

1.70

691.

8225

1.70

791.

7920

1.75

701.

6858

1.82

011.

6870

1.73

621.

7442

1.74

191.

8870

1.74

201.

7681

1.75

551.

7375

1.73

74RW

E.D

E1.

8070

1.93

461.

8092

2.00

401.

9080

1.66

531.

7990

1.66

601.

7606

1.79

061.

6582

1.80

381.

6588

1.70

681.

7697

1.65

601.

6582

SAN

.MC

2.17

232.

2934

2.17

262.

2672

2.21

882.

1265

2.26

402.

1266

2.17

702.

1766

2.08

732.

2330

2.08

642.

1092

2.11

352.

0800

2.24

72SA

N.P

A1.

7148

1.84

221.

7181

1.77

571.

7605

1.65

071.

7917

1.65

241.

6880

1.67

781.

6582

1.81

361.

6588

1.68

161.

6673

1.65

441.

6546

SAP.

DE

1.92

092.

0391

1.92

261.

9641

1.96

431.

8371

1.97

321.

8378

1.87

881.

8753

1.71

931.

8599

1.71

991.

7559

1.74

751.

7151

1.76

50SG

O.P

A2.

4859

2.64

312.

4860

2.59

782.

5452

2.41

722.

6160

2.42

112.

4897

2.44

122.

4642

2.66

612.

4646

2.50

702.

5044

2.45

982.

4632

SIE.D

E2.

1927

2.34

132.

1940

2.29

822.

2636

2.14

782.

3258

2.14

922.

2123

2.20

682.

1757

2.36

462.

1756

2.20

952.

2424

2.16

862.

2493

SU.P

A2.

1059

2.25

942.

1086

2.19

852.

1748

2.07

512.

2587

2.07

732.

1369

2.10

312.

1289

2.32

912.

1294

2.16

862.

1477

2.12

442.

1254

TEF.

MC

1.93

182.

0666

1.93

382.

0168

1.98

361.

8886

2.04

031.

8894

1.92

571.

9400

1.79

371.

9550

1.79

421.

8159

1.83

551.

7905

1.79

10T

IT.M

I5.

8648

6.35

625.

8833

6.20

275.

8856

5.30

065.

7710

5.30

685.

3838

5.75

314.

1179

4.62

874.

1200

4.11

454.

3072

4.10

724.

4009

UCG

.MI

2.38

552.

5315

2.38

622.

5191

2.45

082.

3451

2.51

572.

3468

2.41

622.

3812

2.39

202.

5718

2.39

152.

4487

2.43

532.

3857

2.46

55U

L.PA

1.77

911.

9116

1.78

221.

8470

1.83

251.

7825

1.93

381.

7835

1.80

481.

8250

1.83

532.

0021

1.83

551.

8437

1.85

911.

8318

1.83

09U

NA

.AS

1.76

651.

9037

1.76

981.

8734

1.79

911.

7891

1.94

771.

7909

1.84

371.

8346

1.90

882.

0905

1.90

921.

9457

1.93

981.

9043

1.90

59V

IV.P

A1.

7543

1.89

111.

7568

1.82

781.

8053

1.61

691.

7550

1.61

811.

6533

1.65

081.

5668

1.70

691.

5672

1.58

871.

5894

1.56

281.

5636

B.2

.R

MSE

ofD

owJo

nes

Indust

rial

Ave

rage

Index

(DJI

)Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

AA

3.01

493.

2228

3.01

783.

1141

3.11

882.

9891

3.23

192.

9912

3.05

583.

0886

2.95

983.

2077

2.95

873.

0249

3.06

762.

9501

2.95

06A

XP

2.78

362.

9831

2.78

682.

9014

2.82

192.

7500

2.98

422.

7519

2.79

372.

7716

2.75

002.

9917

2.75

012.

7872

2.78

292.

7433

2.86

44

17

Page 19: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

BA

2.17

332.

3042

2.17

392.

2501

2.21

822.

1334

2.28

722.

1341

2.17

932.

1636

2.10

472.

2621

2.10

462.

1329

2.13

152.

1003

2.09

96B

AC

3.53

133.

7723

3.53

553.

6699

3.69

073.

5222

3.80

473.

5235

3.56

843.

6685

3.55

163.

8622

3.55

223.

6286

3.74

063.

5436

3.84

02CAT

2.29

142.

4275

2.29

022.

3671

2.36

102.

2436

2.41

322.

2454

2.27

412.

2791

2.22

502.

3969

2.22

452.

2434

2.23

842.

2182

2.21

90CSC

O3.

0387

3.25

743.

0436

3.13

793.

1051

2.97

083.

2188

2.97

273.

0088

3.00

312.

8531

3.10

622.

8535

2.87

002.

8963

2.84

782.

8496

CV

X1.

8139

1.94

361.

8168

1.92

911.

8322

1.78

191.

9327

1.78

371.

8595

1.77

191.

7863

1.94

861.

7873

1.84

951.

7933

1.78

371.

7842

DD

2.02

742.

1611

2.02

912.

1037

2.07

451.

9597

2.11

711.

9615

2.00

011.

9884

1.92

432.

0846

1.92

451.

9508

1.96

351.

9188

1.91

93D

IS2.

2613

2.41

742.

2645

2.35

022.

3062

2.22

922.

4122

2.23

122.

2751

2.26

132.

1877

2.38

022.

1886

2.21

242.

2247

2.18

392.

3119

GE

2.27

202.

4190

2.27

392.

3581

2.34

462.

2387

2.41

342.

2410

2.27

292.

2996

2.23

732.

4176

2.23

732.

2757

2.31

922.

2317

2.23

26H

D2.

4353

2.59

952.

4376

2.50

272.

5065

2.38

692.

5833

2.38

932.

4227

2.44

902.

2124

2.40

582.

2128

2.23

332.

2399

2.20

662.

3126

HPQ

2.68

612.

8699

2.68

942.

7725

2.77

572.

6299

2.83

972.

6318

2.66

002.

7010

2.48

942.

7099

2.49

062.

5069

2.53

472.

4859

2.56

72IB

M1.

9367

2.05

311.

9369

2.00

432.

0072

1.88

912.

0283

1.88

951.

9121

1.92

941.

7524

1.88

821.

7528

1.76

951.

7845

1.74

741.

8124

INT

C2.

9163

3.13

202.

9197

3.03

482.

9633

2.85

053.

0989

2.85

242.

9010

2.90

182.

6918

2.94

192.

6919

2.71

602.

7159

2.68

372.

6843

JNJ

1.40

081.

5048

1.40

321.

4632

1.43

371.

3346

1.45

061.

3354

1.36

921.

3645

1.30

621.

4283

1.30

661.

3350

1.33

171.

3028

1.30

30JP

M3.

0590

3.28

843.

0655

3.20

973.

1703

3.03

553.

3006

3.03

783.

0801

3.10

913.

0350

3.32

603.

0362

3.13

823.

1485

3.02

793.

1598

KFT

1.48

721.

5843

1.48

761.

5593

1.54

231.

4732

1.58

971.

4739

1.50

111.

5163

1.46

231.

5838

1.46

261.

4796

1.49

321.

4576

1.45

80K

O1.

5502

1.66

451.

5532

1.63

861.

6059

1.46

521.

5826

1.46

601.

5176

1.50

941.

3810

1.49

411.

3809

1.43

031.

4316

1.37

661.

3772

MCD

1.76

641.

8910

1.76

871.

8248

1.83

991.

7057

1.84

421.

7061

1.73

931.

7685

1.66

941.

8161

1.66

911.

6871

1.73

081.

6648

1.66

48M

MM

1.64

261.

7592

1.64

441.

6926

1.70

371.

5940

1.72

721.

5953

1.62

491.

6302

1.56

831.

7102

1.56

881.

5817

1.58

881.

5649

1.56

53M

RK

2.09

052.

2271

2.09

292.

1708

2.17

912.

0483

2.20

072.

0490

2.07

042.

1038

2.04

452.

2123

2.04

502.

0545

2.08

432.

0410

2.04

77M

SFT

2.29

342.

4510

2.29

442.

3819

2.35

242.

1932

2.37

302.

1943

2.23

682.

2226

2.07

732.

2666

2.07

792.

0952

2.08

482.

0708

2.07

04PFE

1.87

462.

0157

1.87

761.

9546

1.91

851.

8289

1.98

831.

8304

1.86

101.

8706

1.76

801.

9277

1.76

851.

7987

1.79

771.

7636

1.76

44PG

1.63

051.

7401

1.63

351.

6743

1.66

621.

3681

1.48

201.

3690

1.39

691.

4010

1.30

171.

4216

1.30

231.

3242

1.32

321.

2994

1.33

06T

2.00

942.

1557

2.01

192.

0848

2.05

721.

9469

2.11

031.

9478

1.98

171.

9840

1.89

402.

0660

1.89

471.

9163

1.91

971.

8907

1.89

10T

RV

2.28

262.

4375

2.28

532.

4106

2.35

642.

2216

2.41

272.

2238

2.32

342.

2614

2.20

562.

4092

2.20

632.

2841

2.26

472.

1997

2.20

08U

TX

2.00

562.

1431

2.00

872.

0699

2.05

551.

9436

2.09

901.

9453

1.97

591.

9768

1.91

362.

0739

1.91

401.

9391

1.93

391.

9087

1.91

41V

Z1.

9126

2.04

441.

9140

1.98

511.

9923

1.87

432.

0299

1.87

511.

9121

1.94

911.

7844

1.94

691.

7849

1.80

791.

8432

1.77

991.

7800

WM

T1.

7580

1.89

191.

7607

1.81

681.

7998

1.67

161.

8224

1.67

331.

6954

1.68

991.

5452

1.69

101.

5459

1.56

211.

5624

1.54

141.

5414

XO

M1.

7846

1.92

401.

7888

1.91

221.

8262

1.75

161.

9087

1.75

361.

8361

1.77

801.

7485

1.91

681.

7496

1.81

901.

7770

1.74

601.

7460

18

Page 20: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

B.3

.R

MSE

ofFin

anci

alT

imes

Sto

ckExc

han

geIn

dex

(FT

SE)

Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

AA

L.L

3.04

093.

2715

3.04

563.

1590

3.15

253.

0263

3.29

943.

0300

3.09

683.

0970

3.12

893.

4245

3.12

943.

1684

3.19

453.

1209

3.27

95A

BF.

L1.

2963

1.38

151.

2978

1.35

791.

3321

1.27

641.

3786

1.27

741.

3127

1.29

531.

2926

1.40

421.

2928

1.30

481.

3095

1.28

921.

2895

AD

M.L

2.29

872.

4574

2.30

232.

4392

2.36

142.

3224

2.51

382.

3238

2.46

602.

3679

2.42

562.

6492

2.42

692.

4891

2.46

402.

4224

2.42

08AG

K.L

2.41

492.

5769

2.41

712.

5278

2.47

452.

3637

2.55

462.

3657

2.40

682.

4056

2.28

702.

4817

2.28

702.

3131

2.31

372.

2810

2.28

12A

MEC.L

2.22

032.

3746

2.22

242.

3315

2.32

062.

2010

2.38

002.

2012

2.25

652.

2689

2.21

922.

4175

2.21

962.

2609

2.29

412.

2144

2.21

52A

NT

O.L

4.61

184.

8808

4.61

594.

6858

4.68

764.

6247

4.93

484.

6285

4.66

194.

6534

4.78

165.

1176

4.78

294.

8097

4.80

454.

7727

5.28

52A

RM

.L4.

0450

4.30

334.

0457

4.16

724.

1136

3.98

894.

3129

3.99

294.

0167

4.02

203.

8289

4.14

033.

8284

3.90

873.

8512

3.81

834.

1647

AU

.L4.

0882

4.30

414.

0869

4.22

054.

1260

3.95

564.

2179

3.95

564.

0329

3.98

063.

4568

3.72

183.

4551

3.49

043.

5026

3.44

173.

5258

AV.L

2.95

693.

1675

2.96

053.

0738

3.02

722.

9008

3.14

092.

9043

2.98

282.

9643

2.97

633.

2351

2.97

753.

0324

3.02

582.

9700

2.97

11A

ZN

.L1.

6631

1.76

961.

6642

1.73

451.

7106

1.61

351.

7370

1.61

481.

6441

1.64

711.

6089

1.74

181.

6092

1.62

541.

6348

1.60

541.

6049

BA

.L1.

9501

2.09

641.

9541

2.03

151.

9887

1.86

902.

0278

1.87

031.

9027

1.87

431.

8328

2.00

191.

8336

1.85

561.

8418

1.83

031.

8307

BA

RC.L

3.53

673.

7523

3.53

953.

7050

3.64

893.

5341

3.76

693.

5347

3.59

783.

6030

3.66

223.

9091

3.66

173.

7234

3.70

483.

6505

3.92

54B

AT

S.L

2.43

402.

6098

2.43

852.

4982

2.47

752.

4348

2.62

602.

4373

2.47

722.

4787

2.50

062.

7084

2.50

152.

5370

2.54

512.

4953

2.84

25B

AY

.L2.

8878

3.08

052.

8894

2.97

222.

9611

2.80

163.

0246

2.80

362.

8411

2.86

022.

8103

3.04

672.

8104

2.84

362.

8558

2.80

422.

8055

BG

.L2.

1106

2.26

502.

1155

2.18

882.

1652

2.08

562.

2635

2.08

792.

1283

2.12

032.

1509

2.34

632.

1515

2.18

102.

1833

2.14

532.

1457

BLN

D.L

2.09

022.

2468

2.09

462.

1889

2.16

712.

0894

2.27

182.

0917

2.12

612.

1045

2.09

822.

2901

2.09

872.

1175

2.12

262.

0947

2.09

46B

LT.L

2.78

142.

9788

2.78

412.

8889

2.83

182.

7646

3.00

322.

7678

2.83

282.

8118

2.84

483.

1070

2.84

582.

8912

2.89

722.

8382

2.83

94B

NZL.

L1.

6484

1.76

791.

6513

1.73

191.

6846

1.65

751.

8006

1.65

871.

6954

1.68

501.

7195

1.88

541.

7201

1.74

871.

7553

1.71

501.

7154

BP.

L1.

6390

1.75

201.

6409

1.72

101.

6746

1.61

111.

7433

1.61

261.

6695

1.64

691.

6448

1.79

391.

6455

1.68

891.

6868

1.64

151.

6417

BRB

Y.L

2.38

602.

5459

2.38

812.

4593

2.42

132.

3609

2.54

512.

3614

2.38

842.

3920

2.34

682.

5471

2.34

682.

3825

2.35

462.

3433

2.34

50B

SY.L

3.51

613.

7513

3.52

974.

2781

3.50

503.

5212

3.78

463.

5265

4.74

623.

5060

1.79

581.

9441

1.79

651.

9799

1.80

521.

7921

1.79

20B

T-A

.L2.

2055

2.36

992.

2094

2.27

902.

2703

2.18

012.

3679

2.18

132.

2179

2.23

342.

0519

2.23

972.

0520

2.07

672.

0827

2.04

822.

0487

CCL.

L2.

1098

2.25

832.

1117

2.21

732.

1846

2.11

402.

2907

2.11

562.

1565

2.17

682.

1611

2.35

242.

1618

2.18

992.

2203

2.15

702.

1594

CN

A.L

1.74

141.

8456

1.74

471.

8434

1.77

971.

7489

1.87

431.

7508

1.78

921.

7877

1.80

831.

9482

1.80

891.

8387

1.86

251.

8051

1.80

58CN

E.L

12.7

6713

.606

12.8

2014

.511

12.7

0312

.895

13.8

2212

.915

15.5

6512

.860

13.4

1714

.404

13.4

2516

.241

13.4

4513

.391

13.1

08CO

B.L

1.64

761.

7505

1.64

861.

7327

1.70

801.

6429

1.76

891.

6445

1.68

851.

6775

1.68

081.

8202

1.68

151.

6977

1.70

451.

6769

1.67

78CPG

.L2.

2083

2.36

652.

2113

2.30

762.

2590

2.19

692.

3786

2.19

872.

2478

2.22

562.

1477

2.33

612.

1480

2.17

762.

1742

2.14

272.

1429

CPI.L

1.63

591.

7611

1.63

971.

6838

1.69

981.

5713

1.70

641.

5729

1.58

661.

6241

1.47

131.

6098

1.47

191.

4836

1.50

181.

4683

1.46

81CW

.L2.

0723

2.21

212.

0744

2.14

512.

1241

1.94

652.

0946

1.94

751.

9831

1.96

711.

8821

2.02

271.

8815

1.90

221.

8949

1.87

501.

8759

19

Page 21: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

DG

E.L

1.30

031.

3979

1.30

251.

3492

1.33

951.

2685

1.38

011.

2698

1.29

761.

2985

1.27

581.

3978

1.27

651.

2970

1.30

611.

2734

1.27

36EM

G.L

3.96

864.

2633

3.97

844.

2214

4.18

304.

0697

4.40

974.

0728

4.21

254.

2583

4.44

124.

8306

4.44

144.

5283

4.59

134.

4274

4.68

70EN

RC.L

5.70

626.

1952

5.71

915.

9252

5.84

635.

8936

6.46

425.

8949

6.00

605.

9777

4.63

675.

0292

4.63

484.

6478

4.65

944.

5828

4.58

08EX

PN

.L2.

4486

2.61

162.

4503

2.55

712.

4873

2.49

352.

7064

2.49

702.

5600

2.54

262.

5965

2.82

322.

5980

2.63

462.

6731

2.59

402.

5941

FRES.

L4.

8129

4.98

524.

7974

4.95

544.

9476

5.06

155.

2475

5.04

755.

1670

5.20

043.

7035

3.94

953.

6986

3.68

303.

7660

3.67

193.

6543

GFS

.L1.

7506

1.87

161.

7524

1.82

751.

7938

1.73

271.

8778

1.73

441.

7738

1.75

791.

6921

1.84

491.

6928

1.71

841.

7090

1.68

791.

6888

GSK

.L1.

6939

1.81

901.

6980

1.78

801.

7569

1.66

911.

8107

1.67

081.

7932

1.70

991.

6563

1.80

771.

6569

1.67

111.

6643

1.65

261.

6502

HM

SO.L

2.41

052.

5624

2.41

442.

5618

2.42

092.

4008

2.58

152.

4026

2.62

362.

3976

2.45

572.

6486

2.45

582.

7011

2.43

752.

4508

2.46

18H

OM

E.L

3.92

614.

1652

3.93

063.

9879

3.97

023.

9996

4.27

884.

0022

4.02

594.

0277

2.97

433.

2206

2.97

532.

9980

3.00

802.

9636

2.96

13H

SBA

.L1.

9403

2.08

231.

9432

2.00

771.

9838

1.92

932.

0939

1.93

081.

9676

1.96

231.

8981

2.06

871.

8983

1.93

121.

9298

1.89

241.

8943

IAP.

L2.

9319

3.14

482.

9372

3.10

383.

0466

2.94

903.

2046

2.95

173.

0710

3.05

423.

0501

3.32

943.

0501

3.13

473.

1573

3.04

113.

2274

IHG

.L2.

5445

2.72

312.

5462

2.61

142.

6138

2.59

142.

8140

2.59

462.

6257

2.63

302.

7823

3.03

092.

7819

2.79

072.

8295

2.77

402.

7754

III.L

2.95

823.

1349

2.95

953.

0857

3.01

302.

9211

3.12

732.

9224

2.96

032.

9679

3.00

303.

2297

3.00

313.

0414

3.05

492.

9969

3.13

91IM

T.L

1.51

611.

6304

1.51

851.

5946

1.52

941.

5004

1.63

191.

5018

1.54

041.

5265

1.53

051.

6761

1.53

111.

5460

1.60

621.

5281

1.52

83IP

R.L

2.13

302.

2532

2.13

422.

2666

2.21

502.

0458

2.19

022.

0473

2.09

352.

0828

2.03

012.

1844

2.03

042.

0559

2.04

662.

0267

2.02

61IS

AT

.L2.

2033

2.35

842.

2065

2.29

562.

3284

2.20

712.

3965

2.20

922.

2620

2.29

912.

2615

2.47

712.

2627

2.28

502.

3330

2.25

682.

2536

ISY

S.L

6.71

117.

0706

6.71

456.

7867

6.87

516.

6651

7.03

716.

6638

6.68

216.

7231

6.78

077.

1837

6.78

016.

7882

6.80

376.

7575

7.65

93IT

RK

.L1.

8461

1.97

391.

8485

1.92

561.

8805

1.83

271.

9862

1.83

351.

9317

1.85

651.

8419

2.00

901.

8423

1.88

621.

8720

1.83

691.

8367

JMAT

.L1.

9899

2.11

521.

9921

2.06

252.

0295

1.96

202.

1082

1.96

362.

0018

1.98

572.

0072

2.16

332.

0068

2.02

912.

0271

2.00

092.

0010

KA

Z.L

4.56

244.

9060

4.56

894.

7499

4.72

254.

6553

5.04

204.

6544

4.73

874.

7556

4.87

885.

2882

4.87

344.

9265

4.97

704.

8572

5.13

72KG

F.L

2.20

262.

3383

2.20

372.

2558

2.27

502.

1975

2.37

342.

2004

2.23

102.

2395

2.27

312.

4631

2.27

362.

2862

2.30

652.

2690

2.26

89LA

ND

.L2.

0351

2.15

032.

0365

2.08

552.

0839

2.04

062.

1820

2.04

252.

0791

2.06

052.

0962

2.24

412.

0959

2.12

432.

1319

2.09

262.

0907

LGEN

.L3.

0096

3.22

593.

0140

3.09

573.

0728

2.93

253.

1784

2.93

642.

9803

2.97

853.

0140

3.27

163.

0146

3.05

333.

0795

3.00

623.

0078

LII.L

2.34

752.

4908

2.35

052.

4144

2.39

802.

3525

2.51

402.

3533

2.38

952.

3879

2.36

582.

5440

2.36

582.

3996

2.39

142.

3613

2.47

11LL

OY

.L3.

5642

3.78

193.

5671

3.80

403.

6664

3.55

373.

8067

3.55

653.

7066

3.66

153.

6241

3.89

293.

6251

3.71

563.

7550

3.61

764.

1650

LMI.L

3.28

733.

4871

3.29

023.

4016

3.38

353.

2843

3.50

713.

2831

3.31

023.

3760

3.38

443.

6407

3.38

443.

4080

3.47

773.

3770

3.37

78LS

E.L

2.62

772.

7821

2.62

992.

7666

2.81

822.

6147

2.79

952.

6157

2.69

752.

7528

2.67

142.

8690

2.67

072.

6995

2.73

882.

6646

2.76

43M

KS.

L2.

1194

2.24

622.

1208

2.18

212.

1542

2.08

472.

2340

2.08

582.

1095

2.10

182.

1284

2.29

022.

1283

2.14

402.

1532

2.12

542.

2717

MRW

.L2.

4790

2.64

872.

4863

2.88

102.

5584

2.45

742.

6493

2.46

003.

1720

2.53

662.

5265

2.74

022.

5279

3.66

952.

6023

2.52

132.

5188

NG

.L1.

6416

1.77

851.

6463

1.80

211.

7553

1.65

791.

8095

1.65

981.

8264

1.77

811.

7404

1.90

931.

7412

1.85

771.

8932

1.73

711.

7378

NX

T.L

2.12

892.

2840

2.13

192.

1847

2.18

312.

1095

2.29

442.

1112

2.13

402.

1434

2.17

022.

3746

2.17

072.

1876

2.20

212.

1672

2.16

84O

ML.

L5.

9519

6.25

695.

9585

6.04

905.

9686

5.96

216.

2996

5.96

716.

0469

6.02

616.

1913

6.55

776.

1937

7.06

566.

2814

6.17

776.

8110

PFC

.L2.

8775

3.09

692.

8832

3.06

652.

9581

2.91

263.

1547

2.91

303.

0002

2.97

702.

9253

3.19

582.

9248

2.96

083.

0066

2.91

502.

9150

20

Page 22: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

PRU

.L3.

0903

3.34

443.

0951

3.21

633.

2075

3.02

263.

3102

3.02

783.

0940

3.11

213.

1075

3.41

033.

1082

3.17

063.

1758

3.09

913.

1022

PSO

N.L

1.60

841.

7304

1.61

101.

6726

1.64

841.

5038

1.62

981.

5049

1.53

941.

5288

1.48

381.

6218

1.48

441.

5002

1.49

971.

4811

1.48

15RB

.L1.

9108

2.06

401.

9141

2.02

991.

9795

1.87

582.

0626

1.87

831.

9496

1.94

831.

7159

1.90

911.

7170

1.72

951.

7553

1.71

121.

7120

RB

S.L

4.48

334.

7036

4.48

344.

6537

4.66

224.

4941

4.76

494.

4964

4.59

164.

7423

4.67

844.

9701

4.67

804.

8068

4.99

604.

6693

5.05

77RD

SA.L

1.88

182.

0071

1.88

342.

0062

1.92

451.

8995

2.05

121.

9008

1.97

581.

9388

1.98

552.

1636

1.98

672.

0462

2.02

181.

9817

1.98

25REL.

L1.

9002

2.03

701.

9027

1.97

531.

9466

1.88

222.

0480

1.88

411.

9189

1.91

471.

8434

2.02

201.

8443

1.85

451.

8537

1.83

891.

8390

REX

.L1.

9099

2.01

501.

9125

1.99

811.

9696

1.89

022.

0144

1.89

161.

9320

1.92

961.

9106

2.04

611.

9117

1.92

881.

9449

1.90

751.

9079

RIO

.L3.

2647

3.49

163.

2720

3.38

733.

3732

3.28

253.

5371

3.28

393.

3537

3.35

693.

3946

3.67

863.

3945

3.43

643.

4815

3.38

583.

3850

RR.L

2.09

082.

2368

2.09

252.

1659

2.15

522.

0679

2.24

442.

0704

2.10

742.

1074

2.05

952.

2469

2.05

992.

0789

2.11

282.

0557

2.05

67RRS.

L3.

1764

3.37

903.

1793

3.27

033.

2433

3.18

163.

4293

3.18

443.

2212

3.25

073.

2289

3.50

103.

2304

3.25

333.

2893

3.22

133.

2191

RSA

.L2.

3939

2.56

272.

3957

2.49

282.

4537

2.21

882.

3983

2.21

862.

2555

2.25

482.

0628

2.26

422.

0637

2.08

662.

0700

2.05

802.

0930

RSL

.L2.

3462

2.51

772.

3555

2.38

142.

3142

1.90

392.

0357

1.90

601.

9192

1.89

051.

7551

1.77

081.

7560

1.77

721.

7829

1.75

081.

7305

SAB

.L2.

0823

2.20

862.

0814

2.15

502.

1424

2.06

142.

2114

2.06

242.

1035

2.09

552.

1184

2.28

702.

1188

2.14

222.

1448

2.11

452.

1822

SBRY

.L1.

8747

1.99

741.

8772

1.96

021.

9364

1.84

591.

9913

1.84

861.

8874

1.87

681.

8660

2.01

931.

8664

1.87

711.

8841

1.86

271.

8637

SDRC.L

2.70

202.

9015

2.70

892.

9268

2.74

272.

6256

2.85

052.

6282

2.92

112.

6450

2.63

362.

8773

2.63

452.

8053

2.64

542.

6276

2.62

83SD

R.L

2.58

532.

7714

2.59

072.

7946

2.65

192.

5161

2.72

862.

5185

2.75

732.

5549

2.55

822.

7953

2.55

892.

7151

2.52

812.

5521

2.62

54SG

E.L

1.94

952.

0922

1.95

292.

0202

1.98

911.

8385

1.99

531.

8401

1.86

601.

8746

1.77

111.

9338

1.77

171.

7870

1.79

121.

7671

1.76

79SG

RO

.L8.

4583

8.94

738.

4710

8.48

448.

5108

8.84

799.

4139

8.85

058.

9252

8.90

5710

.477

11.1

5610

.477

10.5

5210

.547

10.4

4412

.163

SHP.

L2.

3497

2.50

712.

3497

2.42

402.

4079

2.31

942.

5096

2.32

132.

3542

2.38

082.

2167

2.40

832.

2176

2.22

562.

2354

2.21

492.

2155

SL.L

3.17

823.

4196

3.18

453.

3238

3.26

853.

2443

3.54

233.

2496

3.34

413.

3384

3.53

623.

8726

3.53

783.

6110

3.69

483.

5267

3.52

92SM

IN.L

1.97

652.

1076

1.97

792.

0921

2.04

531.

9187

2.07

131.

9197

1.96

441.

9543

1.90

162.

0658

1.90

191.

9275

1.94

411.

8966

1.89

87SN

.L2.

4629

2.62

832.

4683

2.69

632.

5492

1.89

062.

0529

1.89

181.

9515

1.93

961.

8816

2.05

751.

8821

1.89

561.

9124

1.87

681.

8773

SRP.

L1.

8534

1.99

121.

8548

1.93

361.

8897

1.76

161.

9177

1.76

261.

7850

1.78

991.

6648

1.81

911.

6656

1.67

811.

6794

1.66

171.

6618

SSE.L

1.43

091.

5465

1.43

511.

5536

1.53

251.

4168

1.54

521.

4185

1.63

871.

5282

1.44

491.

5822

1.44

561.

5719

1.58

061.

4428

1.44

29ST

AN

.L2.

6423

2.83

252.

6465

2.76

372.

7351

2.61

442.

8372

2.61

712.

6983

2.67

832.

5793

2.81

152.

5794

2.63

252.

6738

2.57

152.

6864

SVT

.L1.

6957

1.82

021.

6983

1.74

331.

7317

1.68

721.

8247

1.68

821.

7376

1.71

831.

7316

1.88

361.

7322

1.76

701.

7702

1.72

791.

7321

TLW

.L2.

6609

2.82

202.

6625

2.77

262.

7551

2.64

832.

8452

2.64

962.

7071

2.70

742.

6869

2.90

092.

6875

2.71

342.

7311

2.67

942.

6789

TSC

O.L

1.58

231.

7058

1.58

531.

6724

1.63

541.

5415

1.68

771.

5432

1.56

381.

5644

1.54

531.

7005

1.54

591.

5618

1.55

111.

5423

1.54

23T

T.L

2.42

772.

6005

2.43

152.

5329

2.48

192.

3521

2.55

652.

3543

2.40

802.

3832

2.37

362.

6001

2.37

442.

3991

2.38

982.

3677

2.41

32U

U.L

1.46

941.

5764

1.47

211.

5331

1.52

481.

4487

1.57

171.

4497

1.49

381.

5067

1.43

361.

5663

1.43

411.

4636

1.48

671.

4307

1.43

12V

ED

.L3.

6749

3.91

643.

6772

3.80

843.

8063

3.70

543.

9908

3.70

703.

7918

3.84

253.

8611

4.15

833.

8590

3.91

323.

9923

3.84

874.

0298

VO

D.L

1.88

492.

0329

1.88

911.

9456

1.95

931.

8700

2.03

581.

8713

1.96

421.

9181

1.89

752.

0798

1.89

831.

9164

1.90

321.

8936

1.89

44W

OS.

L5.

7584

6.10

705.

7675

6.35

995.

7959

5.75

276.

1594

5.75

986.

4344

5.81

655.

9021

6.34

155.

9047

6.79

405.

8839

5.88

997.

4229

21

Page 23: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

WPP.

L2.

3404

2.51

562.

3428

2.43

242.

4022

2.32

562.

5351

2.32

782.

3664

2.37

022.

2291

2.43

592.

2293

2.24

482.

2447

2.22

302.

2235

WT

B.L

2.45

992.

6142

2.46

152.

5673

2.51

192.

5050

2.69

912.

5075

2.57

302.

5459

2.68

822.

9100

2.68

812.

7052

2.71

092.

6832

2.68

25X

TA

.L3.

5601

3.82

953.

5676

3.67

873.

6358

3.53

733.

8439

3.54

003.

6051

3.61

963.

6024

3.92

423.

6010

3.64

443.

6837

3.59

233.

7967

B.4

.R

MSE

ofH

ang

Sen

gIn

dex

(HSI)

Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nGA

RCH

0001

.HK

2.17

902.

3373

2.18

162.

2973

2.22

702.

1713

2.35

472.

1725

2.22

742.

1823

2.19

722.

3942

2.19

762.

2276

2.21

832.

1917

2.19

1900

02.H

K1.

2808

1.37

821.

2847

1.42

891.

2821

1.28

391.

3965

1.28

561.

3925

1.29

171.

3216

1.44

481.

3220

1.41

561.

3530

1.31

791.

3175

0003

.HK

1.74

591.

8723

1.74

871.

9167

1.81

301.

7461

1.89

331.

7475

1.90

961.

8214

1.79

851.

9555

1.79

811.

9302

1.88

211.

7921

1.79

1600

04.H

K2.

6051

2.78

892.

6078

2.68

322.

6957

2.57

942.

7948

2.58

122.

6626

2.59

982.

6236

2.84

832.

6231

2.65

822.

6455

2.61

542.

6161

0005

.HK

1.92

572.

0482

1.92

812.

2329

2.11

121.

9370

2.07

591.

9378

2.17

872.

1719

2.00

622.

1519

2.00

572.

1380

2.30

331.

9996

2.00

0400

06.H

K1.

2694

1.37

111.

2728

1.32

981.

3244

1.26

261.

3813

1.26

411.

3131

1.32

821.

3043

1.43

691.

3051

1.33

101.

3495

1.30

161.

3017

0011

.HK

1.61

241.

7071

1.61

331.

7189

1.73

501.

6170

1.72

621.

6173

1.67

611.

7133

1.66

691.

7888

1.66

711.

7075

1.76

061.

6629

1.66

5600

12.H

K2.

3683

2.53

832.

3707

2.50

422.

4285

2.35

432.

5502

2.35

542.

4406

2.38

432.

3721

2.57

012.

3714

2.40

792.

4306

2.36

372.

3634

0013

.HK

1.84

401.

9711

1.84

581.

9639

1.90

561.

8336

1.97

541.

8330

1.89

801.

8875

1.85

832.

0113

1.85

801.

8928

1.86

731.

8531

1.85

2200

16.H

K2.

2560

2.41

612.

2584

2.37

752.

3094

2.24

842.

4311

2.24

872.

3133

2.28

312.

2437

2.42

912.

2426

2.26

652.

2841

2.23

462.

2348

0017

.HK

3.09

483.

2990

3.09

553.

2209

3.16

873.

0834

3.30

883.

0819

3.16

913.

1184

3.03

073.

2716

3.02

853.

0621

3.03

603.

0180

3.01

7900

19.H

K2.

0846

2.23

422.

0872

2.20

042.

1498

2.05

522.

2282

2.05

672.

1303

2.07

992.

0600

2.23

782.

0599

2.08

862.

0777

2.05

412.

0543

0023

.HK

2.25

192.

4033

2.25

532.

3962

2.35

012.

2612

2.42

752.

2615

2.34

182.

3804

2.29

782.

4693

2.29

662.

3342

2.35

512.

2905

2.29

2000

66.H

K1.

7555

1.86

341.

7570

1.90

601.

8238

1.74

791.

8778

1.74

871.

8591

1.79

271.

7425

1.88

281.

7424

1.79

161.

7573

1.73

651.

7361

0083

.HK

3.03

993.

2602

3.04

263.

1524

3.13

513.

0521

3.30

533.

0526

3.10

153.

1196

3.06

623.

3317

3.06

543.

0900

3.11

283.

0571

3.05

6501

01.H

K2.

6663

2.87

132.

6714

2.75

612.

7328

2.66

332.

8995

2.66

562.

7054

2.70

752.

7373

2.99

922.

7378

2.75

052.

7613

2.73

052.

7316

0144

.HK

3.07

613.

2977

3.08

153.

2400

3.22

423.

0754

3.33

563.

0783

3.15

703.

2194

3.11

343.

3906

3.11

353.

1518

3.23

353.

1054

3.10

6502

67.H

K3.

3951

3.53

263.

3882

3.66

583.

4786

3.40

063.

5784

3.40

043.

5170

3.45

073.

5353

3.71

713.

5335

3.61

903.

5787

3.52

363.

5682

0291

.HK

2.81

903.

0254

2.82

253.

0233

2.93

472.

8145

3.06

012.

8175

2.93

153.

0002

2.88

003.

1450

2.88

012.

9552

3.08

402.

8732

2.87

73

22

Page 24: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nGA

RCH

0293

.HK

2.23

222.

3921

2.23

532.

5006

2.47

832.

1917

2.37

882.

1935

2.45

852.

4587

2.21

022.

4121

2.21

042.

4283

2.55

042.

2053

2.20

6403

30.H

K2.

7637

2.96

792.

7691

2.87

792.

8519

2.75

722.

9961

2.76

002.

8044

2.81

192.

7728

3.02

842.

7736

2.79

902.

8257

2.76

932.

7683

0386

.HK

2.79

243.

0068

2.79

662.

9368

2.89

862.

7663

3.01

032.

7674

2.83

862.

8533

2.75

563.

0207

2.75

642.

7862

2.79

112.

7502

2.74

8803

88.H

K2.

5576

2.71

302.

5560

2.66

582.

6090

2.54

062.

7253

2.53

922.

5947

2.56

222.

5509

2.74

232.

5493

2.56

102.

5622

2.54

432.

5871

0494

.HK

3.01

613.

2441

3.02

323.

1338

3.10

962.

9743

3.22

982.

9760

3.04

393.

0385

2.95

053.

2286

2.95

102.

9978

2.98

182.

9409

2.93

9806

88.H

K3.

3117

3.56

663.

3178

3.43

723.

4004

3.31

073.

6020

3.31

213.

3672

3.40

033.

3465

3.65

853.

3465

3.36

453.

3914

3.33

733.

3387

0700

.HK

3.28

923.

5432

3.29

413.

4714

3.37

963.

2887

3.57

973.

2904

3.37

943.

3576

3.33

493.

6642

3.33

623.

3901

3.35

573.

3279

3.32

8507

62.H

K3.

1603

3.41

203.

1660

3.29

123.

2986

3.15

343.

4378

3.15

533.

2074

3.26

283.

0986

3.41

053.

0996

3.12

623.

1823

3.09

313.

0966

0836

.HK

3.21

763.

4514

3.22

393.

3941

3.32

903.

2068

3.47

363.

2085

3.30

593.

2723

3.19

623.

4952

3.19

753.

2284

3.27

563.

1924

3.19

2408

57.H

K2.

4895

2.65

812.

4903

2.64

502.

6053

2.44

762.

6397

2.44

832.

5133

2.48

502.

4160

2.61

682.

4164

2.45

002.

4494

2.41

122.

4111

0883

.HK

2.95

523.

1569

2.95

613.

1425

3.00

522.

9575

3.19

892.

9589

3.02

092.

9960

3.06

353.

3261

3.06

363.

1026

3.07

483.

0547

3.09

1909

39.H

K2.

9834

3.18

692.

9865

3.22

173.

1878

3.01

083.

2581

3.01

233.

1695

3.19

843.

2301

3.51

583.

2308

3.30

103.

4266

3.22

253.

2565

0941

.HK

2.22

982.

3786

2.23

152.

3238

2.29

272.

2144

2.39

052.

2153

2.24

662.

2558

2.23

962.

4300

2.23

952.

2579

2.25

962.

2347

2.23

4410

88.H

K3.

5177

3.77

183.

5221

3.70

843.

7133

3.56

653.

8632

3.56

813.

7900

3.83

313.

7395

4.06

043.

7379

3.91

844.

0804

3.72

773.

7325

1199

.HK

3.23

773.

4355

3.23

973.

5187

3.34

333.

2242

3.46

103.

2267

3.35

773.

3547

3.29

753.

5489

3.29

773.

4072

3.41

013.

2886

3.38

1113

98.H

K3.

0384

3.26

143.

0419

3.26

703.

2249

3.06

043.

3267

3.06

163.

1844

3.22

213.

2306

3.53

283.

2306

3.28

233.

3702

3.21

793.

2288

2038

.HK

4.19

344.

5035

4.19

654.

4627

4.32

674.

2400

4.61

434.

2428

4.39

774.

2896

4.41

714.

8210

4.41

664.

5511

4.48

554.

4134

4.62

1423

18.H

K3.

0968

3.30

443.

0984

3.31

373.

2177

3.11

433.

3615

3.11

513.

2132

3.17

303.

2653

3.54

503.

2656

3.30

533.

2765

3.25

993.

2614

2388

.HK

2.06

902.

2216

2.07

252.

1731

2.12

992.

0824

2.25

012.

0820

2.14

652.

1202

2.15

472.

3336

2.15

332.

1795

2.16

912.

1467

2.14

7426

00.H

K3.

7029

3.93

853.

7054

3.88

673.

7821

3.69

823.

9664

3.69

773.

7786

3.75

883.

7528

4.03

743.

7499

3.79

463.

8046

3.73

883.

7389

2628

.HK

2.72

072.

9063

2.72

372.

9592

2.91

022.

7145

2.92

972.

7155

2.88

242.

8976

2.79

003.

0361

2.79

112.

8510

2.97

512.

7884

2.81

7033

28.H

K2.

9362

3.13

812.

9386

3.14

633.

0228

2.98

093.

2198

2.98

113.

0827

3.08

943.

1229

3.38

823.

1221

3.16

243.

1647

3.11

273.

1472

3988

.HK

2.76

622.

9783

2.77

022.

9984

2.94

522.

8454

3.09

362.

8459

2.95

593.

0709

3.06

343.

3542

3.06

313.

1342

3.21

253.

0536

3.05

53

23

Page 25: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

B.5

.R

MSE

ofN

asdaq

Can

ada

(CN

D)

Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nGA

RCH

AEZS

5.02

825.

3383

5.03

505.

1472

5.31

425.

0141

5.35

895.

0144

5.07

035.

2406

5.03

335.

4197

5.03

495.

0689

5.15

555.

0224

5.29

92A

LTI

6.49

186.

9475

6.49

966.

8816

6.72

056.

4222

6.95

286.

4266

6.59

706.

5929

6.20

026.

7561

6.20

226.

2581

6.31

966.

1861

6.43

83A

NPI

5.09

715.

4962

5.10

335.

4290

5.36

765.

0457

5.46

905.

0457

5.31

085.

2893

5.10

875.

5624

5.10

735.

2074

5.18

735.

0954

5.90

75B

LDP

4.76

085.

0584

4.76

025.

0783

4.92

314.

6420

4.99

634.

6432

4.80

244.

7198

4.61

374.

9978

4.61

504.

7117

4.72

224.

6034

4.76

45CFK

3.91

904.

1547

3.92

144.

1738

4.05

863.

8791

4.15

523.

8801

4.02

733.

9944

3.70

703.

9977

3.70

793.

7985

3.77

613.

7010

3.77

80CN

IC8.

1544

8.73

758.

1730

8.72

208.

3041

8.08

218.

7547

8.08

898.

8408

8.32

978.

0377

8.77

238.

0398

8.41

808.

3467

8.02

178.

3218

CRM

E3.

8896

4.13

503.

8915

4.09

634.

0734

3.78

234.

0547

3.78

403.

8530

3.89

163.

7414

4.03

763.

7425

3.77

213.

8242

3.73

353.

9737

CSI

Q6.

5372

6.91

986.

5398

6.77

366.

7099

6.63

077.

0742

6.62

916.

7224

6.68

327.

1367

7.61

487.

1285

7.18

247.

1970

7.09

737.

2702

DD

SS6.

1410

6.44

946.

1332

6.43

556.

2495

6.25

266.

6411

6.25

216.

3113

6.28

346.

7220

7.19

296.

7244

6.72

866.

7256

6.71

326.

8791

DRW

I6.

5706

6.86

286.

5693

6.76

966.

8696

5.71

036.

1199

5.70

865.

7457

5.91

964.

4462

4.71

834.

4299

4.42

204.

4471

4.41

364.

5225

DSG

X4.

4363

4.74

614.

4416

4.54

724.

6557

4.17

994.

4937

4.18

034.

2436

4.28

773.

9597

4.28

313.

9604

3.99

634.

0204

3.95

434.

1413

ECG

I7.

1174

7.56

347.

1271

7.37

107.

2313

7.10

777.

6358

7.11

267.

2839

7.18

007.

1687

7.73

927.

1689

7.26

857.

2428

7.15

187.

3959

EX

FO4.

5536

4.82

844.

5546

4.74

814.

7167

4.42

344.

7290

4.42

514.

4922

4.55

993.

9215

4.22

693.

9225

3.95

793.

9906

3.91

923.

9496

FSRV

2.41

202.

5624

2.41

292.

4918

2.46

932.

3885

2.56

732.

3904

2.40

802.

4146

2.39

372.

5772

2.39

272.

4086

2.46

992.

3876

2.38

78G

LGL

5.58

855.

9631

5.58

575.

9413

5.87

375.

7698

6.20

225.

7689

5.91

646.

0606

6.20

226.

7221

6.20

026.

2774

6.57

796.

1754

6.29

82H

YG

S5.

0778

5.40

795.

0778

5.29

905.

2471

4.91

745.

3000

4.91

735.

0338

5.05

054.

6524

5.06

054.

6540

4.68

684.

7629

4.64

194.

7868

IMA

X5.

3152

5.60

385.

3175

5.46

575.

4412

5.31

255.

6470

5.31

185.

4046

5.37

924.

6248

4.98

284.

6241

4.66

294.

7119

4.61

074.

8042

IVA

N5.

6291

5.99

675.

6343

5.85

775.

7242

5.66

996.

0823

5.66

825.

7961

5.76

675.

6539

6.09

905.

6521

5.72

485.

7749

5.63

535.

8017

JCT

CF

3.44

873.

7145

3.45

703.

6744

3.69

523.

4517

3.75

993.

4557

3.54

133.

6308

3.48

673.

8199

3.48

813.

5363

3.62

153.

4782

3.74

77LB

IX7.

0282

7.54

917.

0405

7.34

487.

1391

6.88

997.

4971

6.89

526.

9970

6.95

796.

7528

7.37

826.

7536

6.84

126.

7904

6.73

777.

0456

LMLP

6.25

506.

5856

6.25

436.

5668

6.55

935.

7944

6.18

485.

7966

5.97

975.

9198

5.37

935.

7810

5.38

085.

4921

5.52

545.

3675

5.61

48M

DCA

4.97

235.

2578

4.97

595.

0723

5.07

623.

3547

3.54

423.

3454

3.42

923.

4302

3.33

253.

5624

3.33

013.

3812

3.39

013.

3231

3.33

75M

EO

H2.

9417

3.13

402.

9436

3.04

913.

0145

2.80

313.

0139

2.80

342.

8327

2.87

312.

6383

2.83

862.

6369

2.64

772.

6701

2.62

902.

6299

NEPT

7.32

497.

8394

7.34

087.

5674

7.35

487.

6013

8.19

857.

6043

7.74

107.

7086

8.40

589.

0903

8.40

258.

5077

8.54

788.

3756

8.63

88N

GA

S5.

4801

5.87

685.

4877

5.73

895.

6800

5.18

255.

6113

5.18

725.

3341

5.36

315.

0876

5.52

845.

0885

5.15

785.

2252

5.07

855.

1209

NIC

K3.

2140

3.44

463.

2179

3.33

453.

2537

3.12

803.

3869

3.13

083.

1748

3.16

803.

0719

3.33

003.

0717

3.10

043.

0832

3.06

563.

0663

NY

MX

4.94

035.

2589

4.94

465.

1756

5.08

334.

5576

4.88

954.

5598

4.71

164.

7126

4.17

584.

5260

4.17

774.

2491

4.30

674.

1671

4.29

83O

NCY

5.01

165.

3731

5.01

545.

2556

5.21

354.

6387

5.02

234.

6420

4.74

994.

7640

4.62

455.

0364

4.62

544.

6760

4.68

774.

6131

4.62

98O

PM

R4.

4529

4.70

634.

4502

4.67

934.

5832

4.31

814.

6305

4.32

114.

4248

4.42

924.

2792

4.60

514.

2792

4.33

294.

4186

4.27

224.

5301

24

Page 26: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nGA

RCH

OT

EX

3.24

803.

4139

3.24

383.

3559

3.35

013.

0325

3.22

823.

0332

3.07

223.

0764

2.82

203.

0362

2.82

372.

8389

2.85

222.

8191

2.96

90PA

AS

3.66

203.

9097

3.66

703.

7764

3.77

753.

6350

3.92

123.

6384

3.68

263.

7286

3.65

963.

9603

3.66

043.

6897

3.75

153.

6503

3.65

01Q

LTI

3.84

364.

0786

3.84

464.

0177

4.02

493.

7116

3.98

493.

7144

3.82

753.

9343

3.49

813.

7842

3.49

813.

5213

3.65

313.

4914

3.63

62RIM

M4.

8275

5.13

134.

8279

5.02

984.

9278

4.54

494.

8866

4.54

554.

6024

4.62

044.

1522

4.49

754.

1525

4.19

244.

2149

4.14

934.

2785

SSRI

4.14

434.

4012

4.14

644.

2955

4.27

174.

1024

4.39

604.

1043

4.18

614.

1712

4.13

934.

4539

4.14

034.

1803

4.18

864.

1305

4.13

16ST

KL

4.33

194.

5387

4.32

654.

5375

4.47

374.

1569

4.43

614.

1589

4.20

324.

2369

3.93

824.

1970

3.93

823.

9753

3.96

693.

9312

4.10

00SW

IR4.

8136

5.06

094.

8095

4.94

094.

9167

4.80

315.

1032

4.80

154.

8626

4.85

914.

5496

4.86

204.

5478

4.59

264.

6085

4.54

104.

7164

SXCI

3.33

473.

5418

3.33

603.

4725

3.48

663.

3854

3.62

463.

3850

3.45

243.

5062

3.60

333.

8867

3.60

323.

6298

3.69

983.

5958

3.73

76T

ESO

3.57

573.

7934

3.57

713.

6516

3.67

913.

5219

3.76

523.

5201

3.55

523.

6023

3.45

113.

7095

3.45

143.

4784

3.53

623.

4449

3.55

81T

GA

5.62

236.

0506

5.63

505.

8288

5.61

905.

3497

5.83

755.

3554

5.42

435.

3631

5.12

335.

6259

5.12

515.

1786

5.16

935.

1141

5.21

50T

TH

I5.

3936

5.68

115.

3921

5.60

145.

5101

5.55

095.

8559

5.54

385.

6827

5.71

956.

2655

6.61

446.

2613

6.34

146.

4083

6.23

546.

5436

VT

NC

3.30

023.

5047

3.30

383.

4957

3.33

783.

1278

3.34

283.

1271

3.18

183.

1634

3.08

073.

3008

3.08

013.

1270

3.06

393.

0736

3.20

75W

PRT

5.67

436.

0449

5.67

915.

9338

6.05

404.

9333

5.31

424.

9391

4.98

115.

0613

4.21

094.

4954

4.20

234.

2986

4.18

894.

1806

4.13

37

B.6

.R

MSE

ofN

asdaq

Tec

hnol

ogy

Index

(ND

XT

)Sto

cks

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

AA

PL

3.37

843.

5765

3.37

893.

4628

3.44

573.

3119

3.53

583.

3111

3.33

213.

3636

2.83

873.

0741

2.83

932.

8560

2.90

382.

8309

2.82

96A

DB

E3.

4449

3.68

953.

4514

3.58

003.

5352

3.29

683.

5585

3.29

713.

3446

3.36

693.

0427

3.29

453.

0432

3.06

513.

1084

3.03

543.

2183

AD

SK3.

0027

3.18

393.

0033

3.09

153.

0543

2.93

823.

1525

2.93

872.

9869

2.97

042.

8366

3.07

602.

8372

2.85

372.

8516

2.83

302.

8751

ALT

R3.

7243

3.99

233.

7305

3.83

053.

8111

3.58

983.

8995

3.59

373.

6429

3.64

643.

2653

3.56

383.

2665

3.27

463.

2989

3.25

773.

3323

AM

AT

3.33

313.

5789

3.33

903.

4840

3.38

273.

2117

3.48

953.

2145

3.26

253.

2488

3.02

063.

2988

3.02

193.

0458

3.04

803.

0135

3.01

36B

IDU

4.17

334.

4806

4.18

014.

3119

4.25

594.

1692

4.49

284.

1674

4.19

434.

2192

4.08

494.

4435

4.08

384.

0968

4.16

644.

0737

4.27

61B

MC

3.23

533.

4158

3.23

293.

3232

3.43

263.

1507

3.36

953.

1508

3.19

883.

3176

2.73

022.

9894

2.73

172.

7493

2.94

952.

7260

2.85

98B

RCM

4.44

264.

7110

4.44

224.

5814

4.56

604.

3115

4.62

774.

3125

4.39

264.

3999

4.12

254.

4553

4.12

214.

1432

4.20

174.

1116

4.11

19CA

3.22

293.

3816

3.21

903.

3977

3.35

033.

1505

3.35

393.

1513

3.21

563.

1956

2.80

423.

0241

2.80

442.

8269

2.88

642.

7971

3.03

15

25

Page 27: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Loca

lRM

SEK

=40

Loca

lRM

SEK

=10

0Lo

calR

MSE

K=

250

Glo

balR

MSE

Stoc

kM

ean

HP

KF

EW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nH

PK

FEW

MA

NW

Mea

nG

ARCH

CERN

3.30

333.

5126

3.30

743.

4360

3.34

073.

1316

3.36

173.

1333

3.16

253.

1895

2.97

613.

2021

2.97

672.

9955

3.02

222.

9690

3.11

19CH

KP

3.74

414.

0043

3.74

943.

9142

3.78

833.

5134

3.80

543.

5167

3.56

243.

5306

3.25

923.

5419

3.26

013.

2699

3.25

583.

2535

3.44

28CSC

O3.

0387

3.25

743.

0436

3.13

793.

1051

2.97

083.

2188

2.97

273.

0088

3.00

312.

8531

3.10

622.

8535

2.87

002.

8963

2.84

782.

8496

CT

SH3.

5093

3.73

423.

5116

3.61

793.

6203

3.34

933.

6289

3.35

183.

3994

3.38

343.

1675

3.44

723.

1683

3.17

193.

1968

3.16

063.

2473

CT

XS

4.15

264.

4234

4.15

564.

3337

4.24

913.

9564

4.23

523.

9550

4.02

944.

0177

3.27

973.

5526

3.27

843.

2979

3.31

273.

2697

3.42

13D

ELL

2.81

623.

0154

2.81

852.

9044

2.86

532.

7605

2.99

992.

7621

2.80

222.

7860

2.56

472.

8039

2.56

542.

5736

2.57

612.

5563

2.55

56G

OO

G2.

4028

2.55

872.

4033

2.52

502.

4588

2.32

002.

4841

2.31

772.

3541

2.37

902.

3364

2.52

682.

3362

2.34

832.

4021

2.33

162.

3329

INFY

3.65

433.

9205

3.65

673.

7599

3.77

083.

4248

3.71

863.

4276

3.46

143.

4872

3.24

243.

5489

3.24

393.

2620

3.27

203.

2383

3.34

54IN

TC

2.91

633.

1320

2.91

973.

0348

2.96

332.

8505

3.09

892.

8524

2.90

102.

9018

2.69

182.

9419

2.69

192.

7160

2.71

592.

6837

2.68

43IN

TU

3.15

933.

3870

3.16

413.

2495

3.24

682.

9506

3.20

122.

9528

2.98

242.

9894

2.71

172.

9802

2.71

352.

7209

2.72

952.

7068

2.80

78K

LAC

3.57

773.

8411

3.58

273.

6827

3.66

483.

4012

3.69

583.

4045

3.44

143.

4477

3.05

503.

3194

3.05

553.

0739

3.07

433.

0473

3.04

66LL

TC

3.16

483.

3982

3.16

943.

2543

3.21

853.

0258

3.29

963.

0296

3.06

753.

0606

2.79

193.

0525

2.79

342.

8047

2.79

732.

7866

2.80

82LO

GI

3.29

023.

5067

3.29

093.

4189

3.35

423.

1936

3.44

843.

1950

3.25

703.

2230

3.02

363.

2837

3.02

433.

0449

3.06

453.

0169

3.05

68LR

CX

3.94

034.

2134

3.94

464.

0923

4.03

613.

7873

4.09

313.

7902

3.83

773.

8169

3.54

873.

8538

3.54

953.

5747

3.57

003.

5403

3.54

05M

CH

P3.

3380

3.59

823.

3455

3.48

403.

4254

3.19

803.

4854

3.20

133.

2360

3.23

022.

9100

3.18

682.

9112

2.93

412.

9518

2.90

312.

9033

MRV

L4.

4276

4.69

374.

4253

4.54

534.

5625

4.27

134.

5955

4.27

244.

3065

4.32

193.

8887

4.25

393.

8889

3.91

293.

9685

3.87

913.

9319

MSF

T2.

2934

2.45

102.

2944

2.38

192.

3524

2.19

322.

3730

2.19

432.

2368

2.22

262.

0773

2.26

662.

0779

2.09

522.

0848

2.07

082.

0704

MX

IM3.

3937

3.63

573.

3983

3.50

973.

5006

3.20

453.

4807

3.20

813.

2474

3.28

702.

9993

3.26

633.

0005

3.01

553.

0376

2.99

282.

9930

NTAP

4.70

244.

9918

4.70

264.

8283

4.83

734.

4818

4.82

404.

4851

4.53

334.

5279

4.22

624.

5757

4.22

504.

2446

4.29

224.

2139

4.35

33N

VD

A4.

7944

5.08

904.

7969

4.98

854.

9427

4.55

404.

8752

4.55

334.

6210

4.63

074.

3583

4.69

114.

3579

4.38

294.

4548

4.34

794.

5447

ORCL

3.08

233.

3196

3.08

803.

1813

3.15

582.

9929

3.25

742.

9955

3.02

653.

0213

2.82

643.

0930

2.82

712.

8443

2.83

702.

8202

2.82

05Q

CO

M3.

2727

3.50

623.

2774

3.41

333.

3318

3.16

203.

4380

3.16

433.

1979

3.22

092.

8849

3.13

772.

8859

2.89

842.

9173

2.87

962.

9314

RIM

M4.

8275

5.13

134.

8279

5.02

984.

9278

4.54

494.

8866

4.54

554.

6024

4.62

044.

1522

4.49

754.

1525

4.19

244.

2149

4.14

934.

2785

SND

K4.

9493

5.23

274.

9508

5.07

395.

1062

4.76

825.

1057

4.77

124.

8176

4.88

384.

5698

4.92

044.

5705

4.60

324.

6207

4.56

194.

7262

STX

3.35

903.

5792

3.36

113.

4593

3.43

993.

3508

3.60

213.

3498

3.40

493.

4162

3.29

323.

5400

3.29

013.

3280

3.33

413.

2812

3.28

05SY

MC

3.34

313.

5913

3.34

823.

4712

3.42

463.

2434

3.51

923.

2452

3.28

213.

2811

3.06

083.

3401

3.06

283.

0748

3.11

593.

0558

3.10

52V

RSN

4.54

254.

8388

4.54

484.

7488

4.66

364.

2942

4.60

714.

2951

4.37

794.

3835

4.07

804.

3923

4.07

804.

1374

4.13

834.

0697

4.06

98X

LNX

3.55

963.

8010

3.56

363.

6580

3.63

463.

4352

3.72

353.

4384

3.47

383.

4804

3.15

683.

4357

3.15

813.

1730

3.19

273.

1503

3.21

68Y

HO

O3.

8845

4.13

613.

8863

3.97

793.

9756

3.81

194.

1085

3.81

303.

8693

3.86

923.

6164

3.92

263.

6173

3.65

923.

6408

3.60

953.

6609

26

Page 28: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

B.7. RMSE of Deutscher Aktien Index Technologiewerte (TecDAX) Stocks

Local RMSE K=40 Local RMSE K=100 Local RMSE K=250 Global RMSEStock Mean HP KF EWMA NW Mean HP KF EWMA NW Mean HP KF EWMA NW Mean GARCH

AFX.DE 3.5392 3.7663 3.5415 3.7384 3.6523 3.4838 3.7516 3.4851 3.6194 3.5302 3.4280 3.7157 3.4286 3.5625 3.4708 3.4199 3.5919AIXA.DE 4.6198 4.9326 4.6219 4.7769 4.7389 4.5902 4.9422 4.5907 4.6624 4.6774 4.3861 4.7538 4.3843 4.4054 4.4345 4.3785 4.4429BBZA.DE 4.6712 4.9462 4.6755 4.7593 4.7096 4.5841 4.8672 4.5866 4.6170 4.6296 4.5958 4.8777 4.5948 4.5968 4.5990 4.5854 4.6865BC8.DE 2.8172 3.0101 2.8214 3.0115 2.9472 2.7922 3.0140 2.7936 2.9151 2.9058 2.6558 2.8924 2.6562 2.6881 2.7549 2.6505 2.6501CGY.DE 7.2013 7.6144 7.2032 7.5599 7.6277 7.3208 7.7899 7.3197 7.5549 7.7036 7.7666 8.2997 7.7654 7.8468 8.1310 7.7424 8.2534CTN.DE 5.0805 5.4617 5.0879 5.5148 5.2485 4.8868 5.2995 4.8854 4.9995 5.0194 5.0481 5.5502 5.0476 5.0888 5.0924 5.0285 5.1543DRI.DE 3.6266 3.8675 3.6306 3.7099 3.7179 3.5097 3.7694 3.5097 3.5925 3.5519 3.1912 3.4277 3.1871 3.2270 3.2174 3.1777 3.2688DRW3.DE 2.8466 3.0389 2.8492 3.0039 2.9258 2.6791 2.9008 2.6813 2.7397 2.7061 2.6913 2.9258 2.6907 2.7085 2.7076 2.6847 2.6873EVT.DE 3.4322 3.6369 3.4317 3.5959 3.5725 3.2702 3.5248 3.2720 3.3205 3.3922 3.2622 3.5337 3.2610 3.3091 3.3511 3.2538 3.2529FNTN.DE 5.5412 5.9509 5.5482 5.9630 5.7589 5.4745 5.9207 5.4782 5.8442 5.7662 5.4692 5.9375 5.4685 5.8108 5.8466 5.4528 5.7347JEN.DE 2.7575 2.9205 2.7589 2.8861 2.8635 2.7181 2.9183 2.7194 2.7696 2.8118 2.7231 2.9449 2.7242 2.7606 2.7917 2.7166 2.7159KBC.DE 2.9360 3.1138 2.9411 3.2395 2.9958 2.7291 2.9505 2.7307 2.9295 2.7701 2.5774 2.8058 2.5777 2.6030 2.6047 2.5724 2.6207M5Z.DE 5.1071 5.4400 5.1168 5.4704 5.3316 5.2502 5.6301 5.2523 5.4339 5.4014 5.4288 5.8260 5.4252 5.5073 5.6332 5.4138 5.6080MDG.DE 4.8674 5.1877 4.8710 5.0715 5.0104 4.7738 5.1524 4.7755 4.8935 4.8820 4.4240 4.7961 4.4242 4.4710 4.5530 4.4105 4.6041MOR.DE 4.6842 4.9878 4.6837 5.0227 4.8687 4.5805 4.9435 4.5824 4.7112 4.8627 4.4996 4.8871 4.5009 4.5485 4.8025 4.4944 4.5872NDX1.DE 4.3295 4.5616 4.3279 4.4577 4.3959 4.3015 4.5949 4.3030 4.3898 4.3392 4.3375 4.6633 4.3384 4.3949 4.4277 4.3325 4.7085PFV.DE 2.3376 2.4969 2.3407 2.4623 2.4264 2.1732 2.3543 2.1752 2.2326 2.2360 2.1479 2.3406 2.1484 2.1622 2.1759 2.1421 2.1461PS4.DE 4.0892 4.4007 4.0971 4.3314 4.2685 4.0696 4.4090 4.0706 4.1532 4.1537 4.0647 4.4295 4.0653 4.1081 4.1169 4.0533 4.1565QCE.DE 5.1776 5.5275 5.1838 5.4138 5.3482 5.1327 5.5390 5.1374 5.2167 5.2387 4.8880 5.3208 4.8884 4.9715 5.0369 4.8774 5.1034QSC.DE 4.3442 4.6239 4.3468 4.5156 4.4227 4.3107 4.6388 4.3115 4.3920 4.4053 4.0105 4.3351 4.0102 4.0287 4.0510 4.0061 4.0060R8R.DE 6.2215 6.6091 6.2254 6.4437 6.2776 6.3501 6.8233 6.3545 6.3954 6.4492 6.9128 7.4175 6.9071 6.9379 6.9585 6.8922 7.4137RSI.DE 3.5835 3.8349 3.5885 3.7010 3.6512 3.5626 3.8534 3.5658 3.6170 3.6170 3.4245 3.7117 3.4256 3.4372 3.4454 3.4184 3.5774S92.DE 4.5862 4.8756 4.5886 4.7203 4.7301 4.2304 4.5832 4.2351 4.3540 4.3338 3.5674 3.8756 3.5677 3.6030 3.7022 3.5636 3.5850SM7.DE 3.7562 3.9704 3.7621 3.9305 3.8522 3.8345 4.1042 3.8389 3.8743 3.9150 4.0998 4.3857 4.0986 4.1410 4.2001 4.0897 4.0941SOW.DE 2.7794 2.9808 2.7846 2.8927 2.8314 2.7576 2.9917 2.7591 2.8119 2.7867 2.7379 2.9998 2.7389 2.7693 2.7667 2.7333 2.7340SWV.DE 4.8146 5.1565 4.8220 5.0124 5.0212 4.6755 5.0483 4.6786 4.7809 4.6847 4.1787 4.5257 4.1804 4.2282 4.3159 4.1842 4.2523UTDI.DE 2.8826 3.0855 2.8876 3.0117 2.9396 2.8290 3.0604 2.8305 2.8724 2.8469 2.8236 3.0625 2.8231 2.8585 2.8493 2.8158 2.8169WDI.DE 4.1353 4.4299 4.1420 4.3944 4.2813 4.0102 4.3640 4.0136 4.0806 4.1155 3.7561 4.1044 3.7565 3.8441 3.7764 3.7467 3.7937

27

Page 29: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

References

Bhar, R. and S. Hamori (2005): Empirical Techniques in Finance. Springer, Berlin,Heidelberg, New York.

Bollerslev, T. (1986): Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity. Jour-nal of Econometrics, 31(3):307–327.

Campbell, J.Y. (1987): Stock Returns and the Term Structure. Journal of FinancialEconomics, 18:373–399.

Campbell, J.Y. (1991): A Variance Decomposition for Stock Returns. Economic Jour-nal, 101:157–179.

Campbell, J.Y. and R.J. Shiller (1988): The Dividend-Price Ratio and Expectationsof Future Dividends and Discount Factors. Review of Financial Studies, 1:195–228.

Christoffersen, P. and K. Jacobs (2004): Which GARCH Model for Option Valuation.Management Science, 50(9):1204–1221.

Dennis, J.E. and R.B. Schnabel (1983): Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Opti-mization and Nonlinear Equations. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.

Duan, J.-C. (1995): The GARCH Option Pricing Model. Mathematical Finance,5(1):13–23.

Duan, J.-C.; G. Gauthier; C. Sasseville; and J.-G. Simonato (2004): Analytical Approx-imations for the GJR-GARCH and EGARCH Option Pricing Models. Tech. Rep.G–2004–82, Les Cahiers du GERAD.

Duan, J.-C.; G. Gauthier; and J.-G. Simonato (1999): An Analytical Approximationfor the GARCH Option Pricing Model. Journal of Computational Finance, 2(4):75–116.

Engle, R.F. (1982): Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity with Estimates ofthe Variance of United Kingdom Inflation. Econometrica, 50:987–1008.

Engle, R.F.; D. Lilien; and R. Robbins (1987): Estimating Time Varying Risk Premiain the Term Structure: The ARCH-M Model. Econometrica, 55:391–407.

Fama, E.F. and K.R. French (1988a): Dividend Yields and Expected Stock Returns.Journal of Financial Economics, 22:3–25.

Fama, E.F. and K.R. French (1988b): Permanent and Temporary Components of StockPrices. Journal of Political Economy, 96:246–273.

Franke, J.; W. Härdle; and C. Hafner (2001): Einführung in die Statistik der Fi-nanzmärkte. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.

Goyal, A. and P. Santa-Clara (2003): Idiosyncratic Risk Matters! Journal of Finance,58(3):975–1007.

Heston, S.L. and S. Nandi (1997): A Closed-Form GARCH Option Pricing Model.Tech. Rep. 97-9, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Heston, S.L. and S. Nandi (2000): A Closed-Form GARCH Option Valuation Model.The Review of Financial Studies, 13(3):585–625.

Hodrick, R.J. and E.C. Prescott (1997): Postwar U.S. Business Cycles: An EmpiricalInvestigation. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 29(1):1–16.

Kalman, R.E. (1960): A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems.Transactions of the ASME–Journal of Basic Engineering, 82 (Series D):35–45.

Keim, D.B. and R.F. Stambaugh (1986): Predicting Returns in the Stock and BondMarkets. Journal of Financial Economics, 17:357–390.

28

Page 30: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Kothari, S.P. and J. Shanken (1997): “Book-to-Market, Dividend Yield, and ExpectedMarket Returns: A Time-Series Analysis. Journal of Financial Economics, 44:169–203.

Lamont, O. (1998): Earnings and Expected Returns. Journal of Finance, 53:1563–1587.

Lettau, M. and S. Ludvigson (2001): Consumption, Aggregate Wealth, and ExpectedStock Returns. Journal of Finance, 56:815–849.

Lewellen, J. (2004): Predicting Returns with Financial Ratios. Journal of FinancialEconomics, 74:209–235.

Magnus, J.R. and H. Neudecker (2007): Matrix Differential Calculus with Applicationsin Statistics and Econometrics. John Wiley & Sons, New York, Brisbane, Toronto,3rd edn.

Mazzoni, T. (2008): Fast Analytic Option Valuation with GARCH. Tech. Rep. 429,FernUniversität in Hagen.

McNeil, A.J.; R. Frey; and P. Embrechts (2005): Quantitative Risk Management.Princeton University Press, New Jersey.

Nadaraya, E.A. (1964): On Estimating Regression. Theory of Probability and its Ap-plications, 9(1):141–142.

Pontiff, J. and L. Schall (1998): Book-to-Market as a Predictor of Market Returns.Journal of Financial Economics, 49:141–160.

Poterba, J. and L. Summers (1988): Mean Reversion in Stock Returns: Evidence andImplications. Journal of Financial Economics, 22:27–60.

Reeves, J.J.; C.A. Blyth; C.M. Triggs; and J.P. Small (2000): The Hodrick-PrescottFilter, a Generalization, and a New Procedure for Extracting an Empirical Cyclefrom a Series. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 4(1):1–16.

Rey, D. (2003): Stock Market Predictability: Is it There? A Critical Review. Tech.Rep. 12/03, University of Basel, WWZ/Department of Finance.

Schlicht, E. (2005): Estimating the Smoothing Parameter in the so-called Hodrick-Presckott Filter. Journal of the Japan Statistical Society, 35(1):99–119.

Schwarz, G. (1978): Estimating the dimension of a model. Annals of Statistics,6(2):461–464.

Silverman, B.W. (1986): Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis. Chap-man & Hall, London.

Watson, G.S. (1964): Smooth Regression Analysis. Shankyã: The Indian Journal ofStatistics, Series A, 26(4):359–372.

29

Page 31: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

Die Diskussionspapiere ab Nr. 183 (1992) bis heute, können Sie im Internet unter http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/FBWIWI/ einsehen und zum Teil downloaden. Die Titel der Diskussionspapiere von Nr 1 (1975) bis 182 (1991) können bei Bedarf in der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft angefordert werden: FernUniversität, z. Hd. Frau Huber oder Frau Mette, Postfach 940, 58084 Hagen . Die Diskussionspapiere selber erhalten Sie nur in den Bibliotheken. Nr Jahr Titel Autor/en 322 2001 Spreading Currency Crises: The Role of Economic

Interdependence

Berger, Wolfram Wagner, Helmut

323 2002 Planung des Fahrzeugumschlags in einem Seehafen-Automobilterminal mittels eines Multi-Agenten-Systems

Fischer, Torsten Gehring, Hermann

324 2002 A parallel tabu search algorithm for solving the container loading problem

Bortfeldt, Andreas Gehring, Hermann Mack, Daniel

325

2002 Die Wahrheit entscheidungstheoretischer Maximen zur Lösung von Individualkonflikten - Unsicherheitssituationen -

Mus, Gerold

326

2002 Zur Abbildungsgenauigkeit des Gini-Koeffizienten bei relativer wirtschaftlicher Konzentration

Steinrücke, Martin

327

2002 Entscheidungsunterstützung bilateraler Verhandlungen über Auftragsproduktionen - eine Analyse aus Anbietersicht

Steinrücke, Martin

328

2002 Die Relevanz von Marktzinssätzen für die Investitionsbeurteilung – zugleich eine Einordnung der Diskussion um die Marktzinsmethode

Terstege, Udo

329

2002 Evaluating representatives, parliament-like, and cabinet-like representative bodies with application to German parliament elections 2002

Tangian, Andranik S.

330

2002 Konzernabschluss und Ausschüttungsregelung im Konzern. Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Eignung des Konzernabschlusses als Ausschüttungsbemessungsinstrument

Hinz, Michael

331 2002

Theoretische Grundlagen der Gründungsfinanzierung Bitz, Michael

332 2003

Historical background of the mathematical theory of democracy Tangian, Andranik S.

333 2003

MCDM-applications of the mathematical theory of democracy: choosing travel destinations, preventing traffic jams, and predicting stock exchange trends

Tangian, Andranik S.

334

2003 Sprachregelungen für Kundenkontaktmitarbeiter – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen

Fließ, Sabine Möller, Sabine Momma, Sabine Beate

Page 32: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

335

2003 A Non-cooperative Foundation of Core-Stability in Positive Externality NTU-Coalition Games

Finus, Michael Rundshagen, Bianca

336 2003 Combinatorial and Probabilistic Investigation of Arrow’s dictator

Tangian, Andranik

337

2003 A Grouping Genetic Algorithm for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows

Pankratz, Giselher

338

2003 Planen, Lernen, Optimieren: Beiträge zu Logistik und E-Learning. Festschrift zum 60 Geburtstag von Hermann Gehring

Bortfeldt, Andreas Fischer, Torsten Homberger, Jörg Pankratz, Giselher Strangmeier, Reinhard

339a

2003 Erinnerung und Abruf aus dem Gedächtnis Ein informationstheoretisches Modell kognitiver Prozesse

Rödder, Wilhelm Kuhlmann, Friedhelm

339b

2003 Zweck und Inhalt des Jahresabschlusses nach HGB, IAS/IFRS und US-GAAP

Hinz, Michael

340 2003 Voraussetzungen, Alternativen und Interpretationen einer zielkonformen Transformation von Periodenerfolgsrechnungen – ein Diskussionsbeitrag zum LÜCKE-Theorem

Terstege, Udo

341 2003 Equalizing regional unemployment indices in West and East Germany

Tangian, Andranik

342 2003 Coalition Formation in a Global Warming Game: How the Design of Protocols Affects the Success of Environmental Treaty-Making

Eyckmans, Johan Finus, Michael

343 2003 Stability of Climate Coalitions in a Cartel Formation Game

Finus, Michael van Ierland, Ekko Dellink, Rob

344 2003 The Effect of Membership Rules and Voting Schemes on the Success of International Climate Agreements

Finus, Michael J.-C., Altamirano-Cabrera van Ierland, Ekko

345 2003 Equalizing structural disproportions between East and West German labour market regions

Tangian, Andranik

346 2003 Auf dem Prüfstand: Die geldpolitische Strategie der EZB Kißmer, Friedrich Wagner, Helmut

347

2003 Globalization and Financial Instability: Challenges for Exchange Rate and Monetary Policy

Wagner, Helmut

Page 33: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

348

2003 Anreizsystem Frauenförderung – Informationssystem Gleichstellung am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft der FernUniversität in Hagen

Fließ, Sabine Nonnenmacher, Dirk

349

2003 Legitimation und Controller Pietsch, Gotthard Scherm, Ewald

350

2003 Controlling im Stadtmarketing – Ergebnisse einer Primärerhebung zum Hagener Schaufenster-Wettbewerb

Fließ, Sabine Nonnenmacher, Dirk

351

2003 Zweiseitige kombinatorische Auktionen in elektronischen Transportmärkten – Potenziale und Probleme

Pankratz, Giselher

352

2003 Methodisierung und E-Learning Strangmeier, Reinhard Bankwitz, Johannes

353 a

2003 A parallel hybrid local search algorithm for the container loading problem

Mack, Daniel Bortfeldt, Andreas Gehring, Hermann

353 b

2004 Übernahmeangebote und sonstige öffentliche Angebote zum Erwerb von Aktien – Ausgestaltungsmöglichkeiten und deren Beschränkung durch das Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz

Wirtz, Harald

354 2004 Open Source, Netzeffekte und Standardisierung Maaß, Christian Scherm, Ewald

355 2004 Modesty Pays: Sometimes! Finus, Michael

356 2004 Nachhaltigkeit und Biodiversität

Endres, Alfred Bertram, Regina

357

2004 Eine Heuristik für das dreidimensionale Strip-Packing-Problem Bortfeldt, Andreas Mack, Daniel

358

2004 Netzwerkökonomik Martiensen, Jörn

359 2004 Competitive versus cooperative Federalism: Is a fiscal equalization scheme necessary from an allocative point of view?

Arnold, Volker

360

2004 Gefangenendilemma bei Übernahmeangeboten? Eine entscheidungs- und spieltheoretische Analyse unter Einbeziehung der verlängerten Annahmefrist gem. § 16 Abs. 2 WpÜG

Wirtz, Harald

361

2004 Dynamic Planning of Pickup and Delivery Operations by means of Genetic Algorithms

Pankratz, Giselher

Page 34: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

362

2004 Möglichkeiten der Integration eines Zeitmanagements in das Blueprinting von Dienstleistungsprozessen

Fließ, Sabine Lasshof, Britta Meckel, Monika

363

2004 Controlling im Stadtmarketing - Eine Analyse des Hagener Schaufensterwettbewerbs 2003

Fließ, Sabine Wittko, Ole

364 2004

Ein Tabu Search-Verfahren zur Lösung des Timetabling-Problems an deutschen Grundschulen

Desef, Thorsten Bortfeldt, Andreas Gehring, Hermann

365

2004 Die Bedeutung von Informationen, Garantien und Reputation bei integrativer Leistungserstellung

Prechtl, Anja Völker-Albert, Jan-Hendrik

366

2004 The Influence of Control Systems on Innovation: An empirical Investigation

Littkemann, Jörn Derfuß, Klaus

367

2004 Permit Trading and Stability of International Climate Agreements

Altamirano-Cabrera, Juan-Carlos Finus, Michael

368

2004 Zeitdiskrete vs. zeitstetige Modellierung von Preismechanismen zur Regulierung von Angebots- und Nachfragemengen

Mazzoni, Thomas

369

2004 Marktversagen auf dem Softwaremarkt? Zur Förderung der quelloffenen Softwareentwicklung

Christian Maaß Ewald Scherm

370

2004 Die Konzentration der Forschung als Weg in die Sackgasse? Neo-Institutionalistische Überlegungen zu 10 Jahren Anreizsystemforschung in der deutschsprachigen Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Süß, Stefan Muth, Insa

371

2004 Economic Analysis of Cross-Border Legal Uncertainty: the Example of the European Union

Wagner, Helmut

372

2004 Pension Reforms in the New EU Member States Wagner, Helmut

373

2005 Die Bundestrainer-Scorecard Zur Anwendbarkeit des Balanced Scorecard Konzepts in nicht-ökonomischen Fragestellungen

Eisenberg, David Schulte, Klaus

374

2005 Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: More Bad News for ‚Benign Neglect“

Berger, Wolfram Kißmer, Friedrich Wagner, Helmut

375

2005 Zeitstetige Modellbildung am Beispiel einer volkswirtschaftlichen Produktionsstruktur

Mazzoni, Thomas

Page 35: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

376

2005 Economic Valuation of the Environment Endres, Alfred

377

2005 Netzwerkökonomik – Eine vernachlässigte theoretische Perspektive in der Strategie-/Marketingforschung?

Maaß, Christian Scherm, Ewald

378

2005 Diversity management`s diffusion and design: a study of German DAX-companies and Top-50-U.S.-companies in Germany

Süß, Stefan Kleiner, Markus

379

2005 Fiscal Issues in the New EU Member Countries – Prospects and Challenges

Wagner, Helmut

380

2005 Mobile Learning – Modetrend oder wesentlicher Bestandteil lebenslangen Lernens?

Kuszpa, Maciej Scherm, Ewald

381

2005 Zur Berücksichtigung von Unsicherheit in der Theorie der Zentralbankpolitik

Wagner, Helmut

382

2006 Effort, Trade, and Unemployment Altenburg, Lutz Brenken, Anke

383 2006 Do Abatement Quotas Lead to More Successful Climate Coalitions?

Altamirano-Cabrera, Juan-Carlos Finus, Michael Dellink, Rob

384 2006 Continuous-Discrete Unscented Kalman Filtering

Singer, Hermann

385

2006 Informationsbewertung im Spannungsfeld zwischen der Informationstheorie und der Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Reucher, Elmar

386 2006

The Rate Structure Pattern: An Analysis Pattern for the Flexible Parameterization of Charges, Fees and Prices

Pleß, Volker Pankratz, Giselher Bortfeldt, Andreas

387a 2006 On the Relevance of Technical Inefficiencies

Fandel, Günter Lorth, Michael

387b 2006 Open Source und Wettbewerbsstrategie - Theoretische Fundierung und Gestaltung

Maaß, Christian

388

2006 Induktives Lernen bei unvollständigen Daten unter Wahrung des Entropieprinzips

Rödder, Wilhelm

389 2006

Banken als Einrichtungen zur Risikotransformation Bitz, Michael

390 2006 Kapitalerhöhungen börsennotierter Gesellschaften ohne börslichen Bezugsrechtshandel

Terstege, Udo Stark, Gunnar

391

2006 Generalized Gauss-Hermite Filtering Singer, Hermann

Page 36: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

392

2006 Das Göteborg Protokoll zur Bekämpfung grenzüberschreitender Luftschadstoffe in Europa: Eine ökonomische und spieltheoretische Evaluierung

Ansel, Wolfgang Finus, Michael

393

2006 Why do monetary policymakers lean with the wind during asset price booms?

Berger, Wolfram Kißmer, Friedrich

394

2006 On Supply Functions of Multi-product Firms with Linear Technologies

Steinrücke, Martin

395

2006 Ein Überblick zur Theorie der Produktionsplanung Steinrücke, Martin

396

2006 Parallel greedy algorithms for packing unequal circles into a strip or a rectangle

Timo Kubach, Bortfeldt, Andreas Gehring, Hermann

397 2006 C&P Software for a cutting problem of a German wood panel manufacturer – a case study

Papke, Tracy Bortfeldt, Andreas Gehring, Hermann

398

2006 Nonlinear Continuous Time Modeling Approaches in Panel Research

Singer, Hermann

399

2006 Auftragsterminierung und Materialflussplanung bei Werkstattfertigung

Steinrücke, Martin

400

2006 Import-Penetration und der Kollaps der Phillips-Kurve Mazzoni, Thomas

401

2006 Bayesian Estimation of Volatility with Moment-Based Nonlinear Stochastic Filters

Grothe, Oliver Singer, Hermann

402

2006 Generalized Gauss-H ermite Filtering for Multivariate Diffusion Processes

Singer, Hermann

403

2007 A Note on Nash Equilibrium in Soccer

Sonnabend, Hendrik Schlepütz, Volker

404

2007 Der Einfluss von Schaufenstern auf die Erwartungen der Konsumenten - eine explorative Studie

Fließ, Sabine Kudermann, Sarah Trell, Esther

405

2007 Die psychologische Beziehung zwischen Unternehmen und freien Mitarbeitern: Eine empirische Untersuchung des Commitments und der arbeitsbezogenen Erwartungen von IT-Freelancern

Süß, Stefan

406 2007 An Alternative Derivation of the Black-Scholes Formula

Zucker, Max Singer, Hermann

407

2007 Computational Aspects of Continuous-Discrete Extended Kalman-Filtering

Mazzoni, Thomas

408 2007 Web 2.0 als Mythos, Symbol und Erwartung

Maaß, Christian Pietsch, Gotthard

409

2007 „Beyond Balanced Growth“: Some Further Results Stijepic, Denis Wagner, Helmut

Page 37: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

410

2007 Herausforderungen der Globalisierung für die Entwicklungsländer: Unsicherheit und geldpolitisches Risikomanagement

Wagner, Helmut

411 2007 Graphical Analysis in the New Neoclassical Synthesis

Giese, Guido Wagner, Helmut

412

2007 Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: The Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy Trade-Offs

Berger, Wolfram Kißmer, Friedrich Knütter, Rolf

413

2007 Entropiebasiertes Data Mining im Produktdesign Rudolph, Sandra Rödder, Wilhelm

414

2007 Game Theoretic Research on the Design of International Environmental Agreements: Insights, Critical Remarks and Future Challenges

Finus, Michael

415 2007 Qualitätsmanagement in Unternehmenskooperationen - Steuerungsmöglichkeiten und Datenintegrationsprobleme

Meschke, Martina

416

2007 Modernisierung im Bund: Akteursanalyse hat Vorrang Pietsch, Gotthard Jamin, Leander

417

2007 Inducing Technical Change by Standard Oriented Evirnonmental Policy: The Role of Information

Endres, Alfred Bertram, Regina Rundshagen, Bianca

418

2007 Der Einfluss des Kontextes auf die Phasen einer SAP-Systemimplementierung

Littkemann, Jörn Eisenberg, David Kuboth, Meike

419

2007 Endogenous in Uncertainty and optimal Monetary Policy

Giese, Guido Wagner, Helmut

420

2008 Stockkeeping and controlling under game theoretic aspects Fandel, Günter Trockel, Jan

421

2008 On Overdissipation of Rents in Contests with Endogenous Intrinsic Motivation

Schlepütz, Volker

422 2008 Maximum Entropy Inference for Mixed Continuous-Discrete Variables

Singer, Hermann

423 2008 Eine Heuristik für das mehrdimensionale Bin Packing Problem

Mack, Daniel Bortfeldt, Andreas

424

2008 Expected A Posteriori Estimation in Financial Applications Mazzoni, Thomas

425

2008 A Genetic Algorithm for the Two-Dimensional Knapsack Problem with Rectangular Pieces

Bortfeldt, Andreas Winter, Tobias

426

2008 A Tree Search Algorithm for Solving the Container Loading Problem

Fanslau, Tobias Bortfeldt, Andreas

427

2008 Dynamic Effects of Offshoring

Stijepic, Denis Wagner, Helmut

428

2008 Der Einfluss von Kostenabweichungen auf das Nash-Gleichgewicht in einem nicht-kooperativen Disponenten-Controller-Spiel

Fandel, Günter Trockel, Jan

429

2008 Fast Analytic Option Valuation with GARCH Mazzoni, Thomas

430

2008 Conditional Gauss-Hermite Filtering with Application to Volatility Estimation

Singer, Hermann

431 2008 Web 2.0 auf dem Prüfstand: Zur Bewertung von Internet-Unternehmen

Christian Maaß Gotthard Pietsch

Page 38: Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An ...€¦ · The question whether or not stock asset returns are predictable is a most active and controversially discussed issue

432

2008 Zentralbank-Kommunikation und Finanzstabilität – Eine Bestandsaufnahme

Knütter, Rolf Mohr, Benjamin

433

2008 Globalization and Asset Prices: Which Trade-Offs Do Central Banks Face in Small Open Economies?

Knütter, Rolf Wagner, Helmut

434 2008 International Policy Coordination and Simple Monetary Policy Rules

Berger, Wolfram Wagner, Helmut

435

2009 Matchingprozesse auf beruflichen Teilarbeitsmärkten Stops, Michael Mazzoni, Thomas

436 2009 Wayfindingprozesse in Parksituationen - eine empirische Analyse

Fließ, Sabine Tetzner, Stefan

437 2009 ENTROPY-DRIVEN PORTFOLIO SELECTION a downside and upside risk framework

Rödder, Wilhelm Gartner, Ivan Ricardo Rudolph, Sandra

438 2009 Consulting Incentives in Contests Schlepütz, Volker

439 2009 A Genetic Algorithm for a Bi-Objective Winner-Determination Problem in a Transportation-Procurement Auction"

Buer, Tobias Pankratz, Giselher

440

2009 Parallel greedy algorithms for packing unequal spheres into a cuboidal strip or a cuboid

Kubach, Timo Bortfeldt, Andreas Tilli, Thomas Gehring, Hermann

441 2009 SEM modeling with singular moment matrices Part I: ML-Estimation of time series

Singer, Hermann

442 2009 SEM modeling with singular moment matrices Part II: ML-Estimation of sampled stochastic differential equations

Singer, Hermann

443 2009 Konsensuale Effizienzbewertung und -verbesserung – Untersuchungen mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Rödder, Wilhelm Reucher, Elmar

444 2009 Legal Uncertainty – Is Hamonization of Law the Right Answer? A Short Overview

Wagner, Helmut

445

2009 Fast Continuous-Discrete DAF-Filters Mazzoni, Thomas

446 2010 Quantitative Evaluierung von Multi-Level Marketingsystemen

Lorenz, Marina Mazzoni, Thomas

447 2010 Quasi-Continuous Maximum Entropy Distribution Approximation with Kernel Density

Mazzoni, Thomas Reucher, Elmar

448 2010 Solving a Bi-Objective Winner Determination Problem in a Transportation Procurement Auction

Buer, Tobias Pankratz, Giselher

449 2010 Are Short Term Stock Asset Returns Predictable? An Extended Empirical Analysis

Mazzoni, Thomas