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We introduce a new discounted cash flow model which integrates the diversification effect of multi-business firms. We … face two challenges. One is examining how different degrees of diversification can affect firm value due to risk reduction … explicitly into account. A high level of corporate diversification caused by a low dependence between the firm's business …
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extend the framework to allow for a smoothly varying risk premium in calendar time, and show that the limiting distribution …
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We develop a new variational Bayes estimation method for large-dimensional sparse vector autoregressive models with exogenous predictors. Unlike existing Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and variational Bayes (VB) algorithms, our approach is not based on a structural form representation of the...
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the case of very short time price changes (VSTPC). This topic is not specifically examined in the existing literature … psychological time threshold, most factors typically influencing price changes cease to apply. This paper analyzes several … trading time above a certain psychological threshold, the volumes exchanged are not integral agents for VSTPC. Currently …
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distribution for different time scales. Our approach divides the nonlinear link between expected returns and idiosyncratic risk …
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Huang (2008) and show that a portfolio consisting of lottery-like stocks should trade at a discount due to diversification …. This discount can be partially mitigated if lottery-like stocks tend to produce extreme payoffs at the same time. I utilize …
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This paper presents three definitions of time diversification and analyzes their implications for investment horizons …. Using decision quality criteria and methodology, we question standard advice. In analyzing time diversification with a … minimum of assumptions, we answer two main questions: how to rigorously define time diversification and what conditions favor …
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The performance of dynamic trading and investment strategies can be difficult to predict. Although not without its problems, analysis of the historical performance of a strategy can provide valuable insight into its general risk and return properties. Furthermore, historical analysis allows one...
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It is now an accepted fact that the majority of financial markets worldwide are neither normal nor constant, and South Africa is no exception. One idea that can be used to understand such markets and has been gaining popularity recently is that of regimes and regime-switching models. In this...
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For many decades the only way to invest in volatility has been through trading options, futures, or variance swaps. But in recent years a number of volatility-related exchange traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) have been launched which make volatility trading accessible to the...
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