In this paper, we provide an exact formula for the skewness of stock returns implied in the Heston (1993) model by using a moment-computing approach. We compute the moments of Ito integrals by using Ito's Lemma skillfully. The model's affine property allows us to obtain analytical formulas for...

Bakshi, Panayotov, and Skoulakis (2011) show that forward variances are predictive of real economic activity and asset returns. In this paper, we study this relation by using CBOE VIX term structure data between January 1992 and August 2009. We find that certain combinations of the 3-, 6-, and...