Seasonal and stochastic effects in commodity forward curves

Commodity futures, Forward curve, seasonality, Energy markets,

The role of payout ratio in the relationship between stock returns and dividend yield

The paper examines the relationship between returns and dividend yield in the UK stock market, and introduces earnings-related data to the asset pricing model in the form of payout ratio. The latter has a considerable effect upon the inferences which would otherwise be drawn from a study of the dividend yield-returns relationship in the absence of such earnings information. Payout ratio conveys additional signalling information and is an important adjunct to dividend yield in explaining returns.<br/