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Strategy #0000000113 · Macro timing and asset allocation

Equity-premium timing with predictive variables
Enter forecast premium, volatility, risk aversion, exposure cap, realised-premium scenario and cash return.

Predictive regressions use dividend yields, term spreads, valuation, technical indicators and other inputs to forecast equity premia, then adjust equity allocation for risk. In-sample predictability often weakens out of sample; revisions, multiple testing, parameter instability and costs create gaps. This simulator maps a supplied premium into capped mean-variance exposure.

Beginner-friendlyAbout 8 minutesEvidence and practical analysis

Three ways in

Understand the story. Then inspect the risk.

Start with a familiar situation, check the payoff, then test how the numbers change.

The idea · in two minutes

How do forecast premia and risk assumptions change equity exposure?

Predictive regressions use dividend yields, term spreads, valuation, technical indicators and other inputs to forecast equity premia, then adjust equity allocation for risk. In-sample predictability often weakens out of sample; revisions, multiple testing, parameter instability and costs create gaps. This simulator maps a supplied premium into capped mean-variance exposure.

Enter forecast premium, volatility, risk aversion, exposure cap, realised-premium scenario and cash return.

No predictors, regression diagnostics or out-of-sample validation are supplied; allocation is a scenario, not advice.

  • Input assumptionsEnter forecast premium, volatility, risk aversion, exposure cap, realised-premium scenario and cash return.
  • Model outputNo predictors, regression diagnostics or out-of-sample validation are supplied; allocation is a scenario, not advice.

Illustrative research examples only. They are not live signals or a recommendation.

Variants · same family, different risk levers

Model definitions, data splits and implementation costs affect results.

Compare methodology and execution assumptions.

Related strategyRelationshipWhat changesNew cost or risk
Base scenarioManual inputsPredictive regressions use dividend yields, term spreads, valuation, technical indicators and other inputs to forecast equity premia, then adjust equity allocation for risk. In-sample predictability often weakens out of sample; revisions, multiple testing, parameter instability and costs create gaps. This simulator maps a supplied premium into capped mean-variance exposure.No predictors, regression diagnostics or out-of-sample validation are supplied; allocation is a scenario, not advice.
Conservative versionLower riskRaise cost assumptions and cap exposure or search space.May reduce model adaptability.
Validation versionOut-of-sample testFreeze rules before evaluating untouched data.Needs more data and governance.

No predictors, regression diagnostics or out-of-sample validation are supplied; allocation is a scenario, not advice.

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References

Primary sources and research used to describe the strategy and its limits.

  1. 01Neely, Rapach, Tu & Zhou (2014), Forecasting the Equity Risk Premium: The Role of Technical Indicatorsresearch