The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns

This study uses empirical models to examine the predictive ability of dividend and earnings yields for long-term stock returns. Results show that dividend and earnings yields share a similar predictive power for future stock returns and growth. It finds that the predictive power of dividend yields i...

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Main Authors: WU, Chunchi, Wang, X.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-17962010-09-23T06:24:04Z The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns WU, Chunchi Wang, X. This study uses empirical models to examine the predictive ability of dividend and earnings yields for long-term stock returns. Results show that dividend and earnings yields share a similar predictive power for future stock returns and growth. It finds that the predictive power of dividend yields increases with the return horizon, but that yields forecast future returns and growth over a much longer horizon. Dividend and earnings yields exhibit high autocorrelation and strong contemporaneous relations. 2000-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/797 info:doi/10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01416.x Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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WU, Chunchi
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The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
description This study uses empirical models to examine the predictive ability of dividend and earnings yields for long-term stock returns. Results show that dividend and earnings yields share a similar predictive power for future stock returns and growth. It finds that the predictive power of dividend yields increases with the return horizon, but that yields forecast future returns and growth over a much longer horizon. Dividend and earnings yields exhibit high autocorrelation and strong contemporaneous relations.
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author WU, Chunchi
Wang, X.
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Wang, X.
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title The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
title_short The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
title_full The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
title_fullStr The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
title_full_unstemmed The Predictive Ability of Dividend and Earnings Yields for Long-Term Stocks Returns
title_sort predictive ability of dividend and earnings yields for long-term stocks returns
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2000
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/797
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