This short paper studies the empirical relationship between realized stock returns and bond <p> yields at the 5- and 10-year investment horizons, respectively. Using annual Danish data since <p> 1927, we find that stock returns and bond yields are closely linked in the medium and long <p> term, as we...</p></p></p>

This paper applies six recently developed nonparametric tests of serial independence <p> to monthly US stock returns. Findings of previous studies based on the BDS test are sup-ported <p> since most of the new tests also reject the random walk hypothesis. Furthermore, <p> power properties of the new...</p></p></p>