explain the equity risk premium and the variance risk premium in the U.S. financial markets, and whether they can generate … realistic dynamics of riskneutral and realized volatilities. I provide evidence that the jump risk in volatility of long run … consumption growth is a key component of the equity risk premium and the variance risk premium in financial markets. Moreover, I …

We introduce a new class of momentum strategies, the risk-adjusted time series momentum (RAMOM) strategies, which are … how these volatility measures can be used for risk management. We find that momentum risk management significantly … increases Sharpe ratios, but at the same time may lead to more pronounced negative skewness and tail risk. Furthermore, momentum …

Corporate bond returns in the major developed economies increase with risk, as measured by maturity and ratings. From a …