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48 results for dividend-price ratio

Study finds no consistent return predictability using payout ratios across 16 countries.

problem Return predictability using payout ratios in various markets.
method Analysis of 16 developed countries' bond, equity, and housing markets using payout-price ratios.
result No consistent in-sample and out-of-sample performance with positive utility gain.

Researchers have constantly asked whether stock returns can be predicted by some macroeconomic data. However, it is known that macroeconomic data may exhibit nonstationarity and/or heavy tails, which complicates existing testing procedures for predictability. In this paper we propose novel empirical likelihood methods …

2014-04-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian approach confirms no return predictability for 1926-2004 data, weak evidence for 1953-2021.

problem Investigating return predictability using Bayesian methods.
method Developed a new shrinkage type prior for a model parameter in a VAR system, compared to other estimation methods.
result Bayesian approach outperforms reduced-bias estimator in terms of size and power.

The paper adjusts stock and strike prices for dividends after maturity in stock call pricing.

problem Inconsistent pricing of European calls with dividends after maturity.
method Extension of the Black-Scholes formula to include dividends after maturity.
result Model-consistent pricing of calls over all maturities with dividends after maturity.

Omega ratio is shown to be equivalent to Sharpe ratio under certain distributional assumptions.

problem Comparing Omega ratio to Sharpe ratio as performance indicators.
method Computation and analysis of Omega ratio for normal distribution and proof for elliptic distributions.
result Omega ratio is equivalent to Sharpe ratio for returns with elliptic distributions.

We discuss - in what is intended to be a pedagogical fashion - generalized "mean-to-risk" ratios for portfolio optimization. The Sharpe ratio is only one example of such generalized "mean-to-risk" ratios. Another example is what we term the Fano ratio (which, unlike the Sharpe ratio, is independent of the time horizon)…

2017-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal option portfolios under Sharpe Ratio maximization with skew-elliptical t-distributed returns

problem Optimal option portfolios under Sharpe Ratio maximization
method Formulation for explicit portfolio weights
result Different optimal portfolios for Sharpe Ratio and return-to-Value-at-Risk (VaR) ratio

The paper proposes an asset allocation strategy using the Sortino ratio for better performance.

problem Traditional asset allocation methods like the Sharpe ratio do not penalize negative returns adequately.
method The Sortino ratio is used to maximize asset allocation, penalizing only negative return variances.
result The Sortino ratio-based strategy outperforms traditional methods like the Kelly criterion.

Unified framework for OOD detection using class ratio estimation.

problem Density-based OOD detection is unreliable for OOD images.
method Unified framework that builds energy-based models and employs differing base distributions, directly estimating the density ratio through class ratio estimation.
result Competitive results on OOD image problems compared to recent work.

Paper shows how to embed Möbius bands with many twists and small aspect ratios.

problem Finding the smallest aspect ratio for Möbius bands with many twists.
method Constructs a folded paper ribbon knot to bound the aspect ratio.
result Paper Möbius bands and annuli with any number of half-twists can be embedded with aspect ratio less than 8.

Paper tackles unbounded density ratio estimation for covariate shift adaptation.

problem Understudied challenge in statistical learning: unbounded density ratios.
method Three-step estimation method: relative density ratio, truncation, and transformation.
result Established rigorous convergence guarantees for density ratio and regression estimators.

Study shows robust method for estimating density ratios even with heavy contamination.

problem Estimating density ratios in the presence of heavy contamination.
method Weighted density ratio estimation (DRE) with doubly strong robustness.
result Weighted DRE achieves sparse consistency under heavy contamination.

Meta-learning improves relative density-ratio estimation from limited data.

problem Estimating relative density-ratios from few instances.
method Meta-learning using neural networks to extract and embed dataset information for relative DRE.
result Meta-learning enables efficient and effective adaptation to few instances for relative DRE.

The paper describes a method to infer the signal-to-noise ratio in portfolio optimization.

problem Estimating the signal-to-noise ratio in portfolio optimization problems.
method A statistic similar to the Sharpe Ratio Information Criterion is used for inference.
result The method works well for reasonable sample and asset universe sizes.

Paper develops estimators for unbounded density ratios with applications in error control.

problem Estimating density ratios with unbounded domains and ranges.
method Least squares and logistic regression loss functions for density ratio estimation.
result Established upper bounds on estimation errors with optimal rates for unbounded density ratios.

The paper analyzes the Rashomon ratio for infinite classifier families and shows its importance for choosing good classifiers.

problem Analyzing the Rashomon ratio for infinite classifier families.
method Quantifying the Rashomon ratio in two examples and providing guarantees for estimating it.
result A large Rashomon ratio guarantees choosing a classifier with good empirical accuracy will not significantly increase empirical loss.

Paper connects Sharpe ratio and Student t-statistic, providing exact distribution and asymptotic behavior.

problem Error-prone Sharpe ratio due to statistical estimation of expected returns and volatilities.
method Derive exact distribution of Sharpe ratio for independent normally distributed returns, extend to AR(1) assumptions.
result Empirical Sharpe ratio is asymptotically optimal and achieves Cramer Rao bound.

We generalize the natural cross ratio on the ideal boundary of a rank one symmetric spaces, or even CAT(1)\mathrm{CAT}(-1) space, to higher rank symmetric spaces and (non-locally compact) Euclidean buildings - we obtain vector valued cross ratios defined on simplices of the building at infinity. We show several properties …

2017-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops methods for conditional inference on the asset with the highest Sharpe ratio.

problem Performing inference on the asset with the highest Sharpe ratio among correlated assets.
method Conditional inference procedure using multivariate Sharpe ratio standard error, alternative tests, and asymptotic adjustments.
result The conditional inference procedure achieves nominal type I rate and maintains near-nominal rejection rates under the conditional null.

The Sharpe ratio is a way to compare the excess returns (over the risk free asset) of portfolios for each unit of volatility that is generated by a portfolio. In this paper we introduce a robust Sharpe ratio portfolio under the assumption that the risk free asset is unknown. We propose a robust portfolio that maximizes…

2016-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows how to reduce variational inference bias by concentrating likelihood ratio distribution.

problem Bias and variance issues in variational inference.
method Upper bound variational gap using dispersion measure of likelihood ratio, suggesting methods to reduce bias.
result Reducing bias in variational inference can be achieved by making likelihood ratio distribution more concentrated.

This study optimizes stock portfolios for Indian sectors using historical data.

problem Challenges in optimizing stock portfolios due to volatility and future value estimation.
method Used Sharpe, Sortino, and Calmar ratios to design mean-variance optimized portfolios.
result Identified the ratio that maximizes cumulative returns for most sectors.