We construct term structures for expected earnings growth by indexing analyst forecasts according to their maturity. Growth stocks, large stocks, and past losers have relatively steep convex earnings term structures in comparison to value stocks, small stocks, and past winners respectively. These initial earnings term structures overestimate (underestimate) the expected earnings growth of growt...

The 1998 Survey of Consumer Finance data shows that only 48.8 percent of U.S. households owned stocks, either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through mutual funds. In addition, there is a close relationship between shareholding and wealth. In 1998, 93 percent of the richest 1 percent of the population owned stocks; the richest 10 percent owned 85 percent of total stocks and mutual funds, compar...

There are different strategies for selecting stocks, and different investors use different strategies according to their risk tolerance or their expected rate of return. In this study, the profitability of a broad range of stock se-lection strategies in Tehran Stock Exchange over the period 1370-1383, has been examined, and it has been investigated whether the successful strategies in other cou...

there are different strategies for selecting stocks, and different investors use different strategies according to their risk tolerance or their expected rate of return. in this study, the profitability of a broad range of stock se-lection strategies in tehran stock exchange over the period 1370-1383, has been examined, and it has been investigated whether the successful strategies in other cou...

intellectual capital is set of knowledge-based assets that belongs to an organization and will add value to key organizational stakeholders and this leads to a better competitive situation. the objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between intellectual capital and companies' performance in iran during 1382-1387 using lisrel software. earning per share, return on equ...

In evaluating proposals for reforming Social Security that involve stock investments, the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCACT) has generally used a 7.0 percent real return for stocks. The 1994-96 Advisory Council specified that OCACT should use that return in making its 75-year projections of investment-based reform proposals. The assumed ultimate real return on Treasury bonds of 3.0 percent imp...

The purpose of this study was to examine the expected returns of Carhart model compared to the capital asset pricing model and the implicit capital cost model based on cash and capital returns of growth and value stocks. The statistical population consisted of the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange and the time domain is between 2007 and 2016. By choosing Cochran sampling, 126 companies ...

Using a unique sample of matching stocks in China, this paper investigates the comovement between different stocks and its driving factors. Major findings include: (1) There exists a high positive correlation between returns on two matching stocks with similar ticker symbols; (2) By analyzing changes in correlation that took place after stocks changed their ticker symbols, we find that changes ...