downward sloping term structure of low-frequency variance risk premia in normal times. In periods of distress, the term …

From 1963 through 2015, idiosyncratic risk (IR) is high when market risk (MR) is high. We show that the positive … relation has roots in fundamentals as higher market risk predicts greater idiosyncratic earnings volatility and as firm …

This paper employs weighted least squares to examine the risk-return relation by applying high-frequency data from four … returns and expected risk. However, by using quantile regressions, we find that the risk-return relation moves from negative … to positive as the returns’ quantile increases. A positive risk-return relation is valid only in the upper quantiles. The …

We examine the pricing of volatility risk in the cross-section of equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) stock …) volatility. In contrast to the negative and significant price of systematic volatility risk for Non-REIT equities, we find that …. Within the total volatility risk profile, idiosyncratic volatility dominates aggregate volatility in REIT pricing …

maximizing and minimizing the risk. The rolling compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of the flagship S&P BSE SENSEX index as well … extending the investment horizon by couple of years even if they are faced with huge market risk towards the end of their …