Two Market Forces in Asset Prices

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Wei Liu

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance

James W. Kolari

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance

Jianhua Z. Huang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Date Written: July 31, 2018

Abstract

This paper utilizes Black's (1972) zero-beta CAPM to derive an alternative form dubbed the ZCAPM. The ZCAPM posits that asset prices are a function of market risk composed of two components: average market returns and cross-sectional market volatility. Market risk associated with average market returns in the CAPM market model is known as beta risk. We refer to market risk related to cross-sectional market volatility as zeta risk. Using U.S. stock returns from January 1965 to December 2015, out-of-sample cross-sectional asset pricing tests show that both market forces in the ZCAPM are significantly priced with t-values typically exceeding 3.0 in different test asset portfolios.These and other empirical tests lead us to conclude that the ZCAPM represents a major breakthrough in asset pricing models.

Keywords: asset pricing, zero-beta CAPM, market volatility

JEL Classification: G12

Suggested Citation

Liu, Wei and Kolari, James W. and Huang, Jianhua Z., Two Market Forces in Asset Prices (July 31, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2022384 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2022384

Wei Liu

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance ( email )

430 Wehner
College Station, TX 77843-4218
United States

James W. Kolari (Contact Author)

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance ( email )

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Jianhua Z. Huang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( email )

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