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A counterfactual valuation of the stock index as a predictor of crashes

Stock market fundamentals would not seem to meaningfully predict returns over a shorter-term horizon - instead, I shift focus to severe downside risk (i.e., crashes). I use the cointegrating relationship between the log S&P Composite Index and log earnings over 1871 to 2015, combined with smoothed earnings, to first construct a counterfactual valuation benchmark. The price-versus-benchmark residual shows an improved, and economically meaningful, logit estimation of the likelihood of a crash over alternatives such as the dividend yield and price momentum. Rolling out-of-sample estimates highlight the challenges in this task. Nevertheless, the overall results support the common popular belief that a higher stock market valuation in relation to fundamentals entails a higher risk of a crash.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper ; No. 2017-38

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Financial Crises
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Financial Forecasting and Simulation
General Financial Markets: Other
Thema
Asset pricing
Financial stability

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Roberts, Tom
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bank of Canada
(wo)
Ottawa
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.34989/swp-2017-38
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Roberts, Tom
  • Bank of Canada

Entstanden

  • 2017

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