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Table 7 Out-of-sample switching strategy performance of probit model

From: Return direction forecasting: a conditional autoregressive shape model with beta density

 

\(r_{t-1}\)

\(r_{t-1}\)+\(tbl_{t-1}\)

\(r_{t-1}\)+\(infl_{t-1}\)

\(r_{t-1}\)+\(svar_{t-1}\)

Panel A: whole sample

SR(%)

6.15

6.67

6.79

3.49

\(\Delta\)(U)

1.69

1.92

1.92

0.64

Panel B: Expansion

SR(%)

6.27

7.82

7.76

5.40

\(\Delta\)(U)

\(-1.47\)

\(-0.98\)

\(-0.99\)

\(-1.83\)

Panel C: Recession

SR(%)

5.63

\(-0.46\)

1.77

\(-5.84\)

\(\Delta\)(U)

21.24

19.85

19.93

15.92

  1. [1] The historical mean here is defined as \({\bar{s}}_{t}=\frac{1}{t-1}\sum ^{t-1}_{k=1}s_{k},\ t=q+1,\ q+2,\ldots ,\ T.\) where \(s_{t}\) is defined in (26). [2] We use \(\Delta\)(U) to indicate utility gain