This paper proposes a new way to generalize the insights of static ass
et pricing theory to a multiperiod setting. The paper uses a loglinear
approximation to the budget constraint to substitute out consumption
from a standard intertemporal asset pricing model. In a homoscedastic
lognormal setting, the consumption-wealth ratio is shown to depend on
the elasticity of intertemporal substitution in consumption, while ass
et risk premia are determined by the coefficient of relative risk aver
sion. Risk premia are related to the covariances of asset returns with
the market return and with news about the discounted value of all fut
ure market returns.