Macro Risk Premium: A Practitioners Guide

Why Macro Risk Premium Matters Now

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Every equity portfolio carries macro risk.

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This is not a revelation.

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What is less widely appreciated is that this macro risk is not merely a cost to be hedged or a nuisance to be endured. It is a structural source of return — a risk premium that can be identified, measured and harvested.

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The concept of risk premia is foundational to finance.
Investors are compensated for bearing systematic risks they cannot diversify away.

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This guide presents a framework that solves that measurement problem and explores its consequences.

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The findings are significant.

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There is a macro risk premium embedded in equities. It is dynamic — it waxes and wanes as market regimes shift. And it represents an engine of return that the vast majority of equity investors are leaving idle.

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Download the full Macro Risk Premium Practioners Guide

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Author
Mahmood Noorani

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