Grinold and Kroner Model

The Grinold and Kroner Model is used to calculate expected returns for a stock, stock index or the market as whole.

Description

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The model states that:

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Where   are the expected returns

  •   is the dividend in next period (period 1 assuming current t=0)
  •   is the current price (price at time 0)
  •   is the expected inflation rate
  •   is the real growth rate in earnings (note that by adding real growth and inflation, this is basically identical to just adding nominal growth)
  •   is the changes in shares outstanding (i.e. increases in shares outstanding decrease expected returns)
  •   is the changes in P/E ratio (positive relationship between changes in P/e and expected returns)

One offshoot of this discounted cash flow analysis is the disputed Fed model, which compares the earnings yield to the nominal 10-year Treasury bond yield.

Grinold, Kroner, and Siegel (2011) estimated the inputs to the Grinold and Kroner model and arrived at a then-current equity risk premium estimate between 3.5% and 4%.[2] The equity risk premium is the difference between the expected total return on a capitalization-weighted stock market index and the yield on a riskless government bond (in this case one with 10 years to maturity).

References

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  1. ^ Richard Grinold and Kenneth Kroner, "The Equity Risk Premium," Investment Insights (Barclays Global Investors, July 2002).
  2. ^ Richard Grinold, Kenneth Kroner, and Laurence Siegel, "A Supply Model of the Equity Premium," in B. Hammond, M. Leibowitz, and L. Siegel, eds., Rethinking the Equity Risk Premium, Charlottesville, VA: Research Foundation of CFA Institute, 2011.