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

The model states that:

Where
are the 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 estimated the inputs to the Grinold and Kroner model and arrived at a then-current equity risk premium estimate between 3.5% and 4%. 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.