Byoung‐Kyu Min

Abstract We examine whether the q‐factors—the investment factor (INV) and the return‐on‐equity factor (ROE)—are related to the macroeconomy. We find reliable evidence that returns on INV are positively related to future economic growth. When conditioning on good and bad states of the business cycle, we show that returns on INV are significantly higher during good states than bad states. We also find that the conditioning effect of economic conditions on INV is asymmetric between long and short s

We study time variation in the profitabilities of medium‐term momentum and long‐term reversals trading strategies over the business cycle. We find reliable evidence that turning points in the business cycle are critically important in determining momentum and reversals profits. Specifically, momentum profits at business cycle peaks are higher than at business cycle troughs. The opposite pattern is found for reversals profits. Business cycle peaks show lower reversals profits than at troughs. The

Abstract Recent studies show that firms with higher analysts’ earnings forecasts dispersion subsequently have lower returns than firms with lower forecasts dispersion. This paper evaluates alternative explanations for the dispersion–return relation using a stochastic dominance approach. We aim to discriminate between the hypothesis that some asset pricing models can explain the puzzling negative relation between dispersion and stock returns, and the alternative hypothesis that the dispersion eff