In the investment theory, firms with high expected investment growth earn higher expected returns than firms with low expected investment growth, holding investment and expected profitability constant. Building on cross-sectional growth forecasts with Tobin's q, operating cash flows, and change...

In a multiperiod investment framework, firms with high expected growth earn higher expected returns than firms with low expected growth, holding investment and expected profitability constant. This paper forms cross-sectional growth forecasts, and constructs an expected growth factor that yields...

"Momentum is consistent with value maximization of firms. The neoclassical theory of investment implies that expected stock returns are connected with expected marginal benefits of investment divided by marginal costs of investment. Winners have higher expected growth and expected marginal...