Applicability of Investment and Profitability Effects in Asset Pricing Models



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Márcio André Veras Machado
Robert Faff
Suelle Cariele de Souza e Silva

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This study aims to investigate whether investment and profitability are priced and if they partially explain the variations of stock returns in the Brazilian stock market, according to the Fama and French's (2015) five-factor model. By using time series and cross-section regression, we found that book-to-market, momentum and liquidity are associated with stock returns whereas investment and profitability were not significant. We also found that there is no investment premium in Brazil. Therefore, motivated by the importance of B/M, momentum and liquidity to the Brazilian stock market, as well as by the poor performance of profitability and investment, we document that Keene and Peterson's (2007) five-factor model is superior to all other models, especially the five-factor model by Fama and French (2015).

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Machado, M. A. V., Faff, R., & Silva, S. C. de S. e. (1). Applicability of Investment and Profitability Effects in Asset Pricing Models. Journal of Contemporary Administration, 21(6), 851-874. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-7849rac2017170027
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