Erwartungen über die zukünftige Entwicklung der Wirtschaft sind von herausragender Bedeutung, um in einem stochastischen Umfeld die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen. Daher werden Prognoseverfahren seit langem erforscht. Grösstenteils basieren diese Untersuchungen auf Regressionstechniken...

Standard approaches to building and estimating dynamic term structure models rely on the assumption that yields can serve as the factors. However, the assumption is neither theoretically necessary nor empirically supported. This paper documents that almost half of the variation in bond risk...

Risk premium plays an important role in stock investing. Experiments have shown that value stocks typically have a higher average return than growth stocks; however, this effect persists indefinitely, even disappearing in some stages. Some studies suggested high volatility in the series of...