Equity Premium Prediction: Taking into Account the Role of Long, even Asymmetric, Swings in Stock Market Behavior

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Main Authors: Un, Kuok Sin, Ausloos, Marcel
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Published: 2025
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Ausloos, Marcel
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Ausloos, Marcel
contents Through a novel approach, this paper shows that substantial change in stock market behavior has a statistically and economically significant impact on equity risk premium predictability both on in-sample and out-of-sample cases. In line with Auer's ''Bullish ratio'', a ''Bullish index'' is introduced to measure the changes in stock market behavior, which we describe through a ''fluctuation detrending moving average analysis'' (FDMAA) for returns. We consider 28 indicators. We find that a ''positive shock'' of the Bullish Index is closely related to strong equity risk premium predictability for forecasts based on macroeconomic variables for up to six months. In contrast, a ''negative shock'' is associated with strong equity risk premium predictability with adequate forecasts for up to nine months when based on technical indicators.
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spellingShingle Equity Premium Prediction: Taking into Account the Role of Long, even Asymmetric, Swings in Stock Market Behavior
Un, Kuok Sin
Ausloos, Marcel
Statistical Finance
Trading and Market Microstructure
Through a novel approach, this paper shows that substantial change in stock market behavior has a statistically and economically significant impact on equity risk premium predictability both on in-sample and out-of-sample cases. In line with Auer's ''Bullish ratio'', a ''Bullish index'' is introduced to measure the changes in stock market behavior, which we describe through a ''fluctuation detrending moving average analysis'' (FDMAA) for returns. We consider 28 indicators. We find that a ''positive shock'' of the Bullish Index is closely related to strong equity risk premium predictability for forecasts based on macroeconomic variables for up to six months. In contrast, a ''negative shock'' is associated with strong equity risk premium predictability with adequate forecasts for up to nine months when based on technical indicators.
title Equity Premium Prediction: Taking into Account the Role of Long, even Asymmetric, Swings in Stock Market Behavior
topic Statistical Finance
Trading and Market Microstructure
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10483