Does realized skewness predict the cross-section of equity returns?

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Financial Economics
Year: 2015
Volume: 118
Issue: 1
Pages: 135-167

Authors (4)

Amaya, Diego (not in RePEc) Christoffersen, Peter Jacobs, Kris (not in RePEc) Vasquez, Aurelio (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We use intraday data to compute weekly realized moments for equity returns and study their time-series and cross-sectional properties. Buying stocks in the lowest realized skewness decile and selling stocks in the highest realized skewness decile generates an average return of 19 basis points the following week with a t-statistic of 3.70. This result is robust across a wide variety of implementations and is not captured by the Fama-French and Carhart factors. The relation between realized kurtosis and next week׳s stock returns is positive but not always significant. We do not find a strong relation between realized volatility and next week׳s stock returns.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jfinec:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:135-167
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25