Estimating beta: Forecast adjustments and the impact of stock characteristics for a broad cross-section

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)91-118
Seitenumfang28
FachzeitschriftJournal of Financial Markets
Jahrgang44
Frühes Online-Datum22 März 2019
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juni 2019

Abstract

Researchers and practitioners face many choices when estimating an asset's sensitivities toward risk factors, i.e., betas. Using the entire U.S. stock universe and a sample period of more than 50 years, we find that a historical estimator based on daily return data with an exponential weighting scheme as well as simple shrinkage adjustments yield the best predictions for future beta. Adjustments for asynchronous trading, macroeconomic conditions, or regression-based combinations, on the other hand, typically yield very high prediction errors and fail to create market-neutral anomaly portfolios. Finally, we document a robust link between stock characteristics and beta predictability.

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Estimating beta: Forecast adjustments and the impact of stock characteristics for a broad cross-section. / Hollstein, Fabian; Prokopczuk, Marcel; Wese Simen, Chardin.
in: Journal of Financial Markets, Jahrgang 44, 06.2019, S. 91-118.

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Hollstein F, Prokopczuk M, Wese Simen C. Estimating beta: Forecast adjustments and the impact of stock characteristics for a broad cross-section. Journal of Financial Markets. 2019 Jun;44:91-118. Epub 2019 Mär 22. doi: 10.1016/j.finmar.2019.03.001
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