Nov 19, 2012
Listen in as Andy Peterson discusses estimating Equity Risk Premium with with Vic Modugno, who recently prepared a paper on the subject for the SOA. Equity Risk Premium (ERP) is the amount by which the stock market index would outperform a risk-free rate. Vic explains the two ways that ERP can be calculated - by using historical data or by using implicit methods. He also discusses the issues with each method, such as standard error with historical data and how to treat buybacks with implicit methods. Vic will also explain how the two methods are converging and the one finding that he thought was most important from the research.