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The Level and Persistence of Growth Rates
Chan, Louis K.C. - 2001
Expected long-term earnings growth rates are crucial inputs to valuation models and for cost of capital estimates. We analyze historical long-term growth rates across a broad cross-section of stocks using several operating performance indicators. We test whether growth persists, and whether it...
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On Portfolio Optimization : Forecasting Covariances and Choosing the Risk Model
Chan, Louis K.C. - 1999
We evaluate the performance of different models for the covariance structure of stock returns, focusing on their use for optimal portfolio selection. Comparisons are based on forecasts of future covariances as well as the out-of-sample volatility of optimized portfolios from each model. A few...
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Do Institutional Investors Destabilize Stock Prices? Evidence on Herding and Feedback Trading
Lakonishok, Josef - 1991
evaluate the potential effect of their trading on stock prices. We address two aspects of trading by money managers: herding …, which refers to buying (selling) the same stocks as other managers buy (sell) at the same time; and positive … of substantial herding or positive-feedback trading by pension fund managers, except in small stocks. Also, there is no …
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