Investor sentiment and the prediction of stock returns: a quantile regression approach

Chaoqun Ma, Shisong Xiao and Zonggang Ma

Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 50, issue 50, 5401-5415

Abstract: We employ quantile regression to provide a detailed picture of the stock return forecasting ability of investor sentiment. We find that investor sentiment predicts aggregate stock returns at lower quantiles. However, the forecasting power is lost at upper quantiles. The results are robust after controlling for a comprehensive set of macroeconomic and financial predictors and for characteristic portfolios. We also show that investor sentiment consists mainly of cash flow news and contains little information about discount rate news. The ability to forecast cash flows increases gradually from the lower quantiles to upper quantiles. Our results do not support that the ability of investor sentiment to predict stock returns comes from a rational forecast of future cash flows.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1486993

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