of cash flow versus discount rate news as in Campbell and Vuolteenaho (2004). We construct a new four-fold beta … that the downside cash flow beta and downside discount rate beta carry the largest premia. We subject our result to an …, periods, and return decomposition methods, and is the only component of beta that has significant out-of-sample predictive …

Option-implied betas are a promising alternative to historical beta estimators, because they are inherently forward …-looking and can incorporate new information immediately and fully. Recently, different implied beta estimators have been developed … first systematic comparison between six different implied beta estimators, which provides some guidance for applications and …

of cash flow versus discount rate news as in Campbell and Vuolteenaho (2004). We construct a new four-fold beta … that the downside cash flow beta and downside discount rate beta carry the largest premia. We subject our result to an …, periods, and return decomposition methods, and is the only component of beta that has significant out-of-sample predictive …

The low (high) abnormal returns of stocks with high (low) beta - the beta anomaly - is one of the most persistent … important driver of the beta anomaly. The beta anomaly is no longer detected when beta-sorted portfolios are neutralized to … beta anomaly is concentrated in stocks with low levels of institutional ownership and it exists only when the price impact …

consistent with each of the model's five central predictions: (1) Because constrained investors bid up high-beta assets, high … beta is associated with low alpha, as we find empirically for US equities, 20 international equity markets, Treasury bonds …, corporate bonds, and futures. (2) A betting against beta (BAB) factor, which is long leveraged low-beta assets and short high-beta …