Monetary Momentum
On most mainstream finance websites, a good chunk of the stories discuss the FED and where interest rates are going. Intuitively, this makes sense: The [...]
Academic Research Insight: How to Balance Short and Long term Goals in Asset Allocation
Strategic Asset Allocation-Combining Science and Judgment to Balance Short Term and Long Term Goals Peng Wang and Jon Spinney A version of this paper can [...]
Academic Research Insight: Sin Stocks May Earn a “Boycott” Risk Premium
Social Screens and Systematic Boycott Risk H. Arthur Luo and Ronald J. Balvers Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis A version of this paper can [...]
Academic Research Insight: Stick to the Fundamentals and Discover Your Industry Peers
Stick to the Fundamentals and Discover Your Peers Jean Overgaard Knudsen, Simon Kold and Thomas Plenborg A version of this paper can be found here Want [...]
A Potential Winner: Buying Lottery Stocks with Low Short Interest
Short Interest and Lottery Stocks Kelley Bergsma & Jitendra Tayal A version of this paper can be found here Want to read our short summaries of [...]
Academic Research Insight: Sentiment Feedback Strength Trading Strategy
Genetic programming optimization for a sentiment feedback strength based trading strategy Steve Y.Yang, Sheung Yin Kevin Mo, AnqiLiu, Andrei A.Kirilenko A version of this paper [...]
Academic Research Insight: Does Past Performance Matter in Investment Manager Selection?
Title: DOES PAST PERFORMANCE MATTER IN INVESTMENT MANAGER SELECTION? Authors: BRADFORD CORNELL, JASON HSU, and DAVID NANIGIAN Publication: JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, SUMMER 2017 (paper ) What are [...]
Academic Research Insight: Does Gender Matter on Wall Street?
Title: GENDER AND CONNECTIONS AMONG WALL STREET ANALYSTS Authors: LILY FANG AND STERLING HUANG Publication: THE REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES, V.30, SEPTEMBER 2017 (version here) What are the [...]
Academic Research Insight: Does one size retail financial advice fits all?
Title: RETAIL FINANCIAL ADVICE: DOES ONE SIZE FITS ALL? Authors: FOERSTER S., LINNAINMAA J.T., MELZER B.T., PREVITERO A. Publication: JOURNAL OF FINANCE, V.72, AUGUST 2017 (version here ) What [...]
Academic Research Insight: Global Equities and Overreaction
Title: OVERREACTION AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF RETURNS: INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE Authors: Douglas W. Blackburn, Nusret Cakici Publication: Journal of Empirical Finance 42 (2017) 1-14 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2800188 What [...]
Academic Research Insight: Abusing ETFs
Title: ABUSING ETFs Authors: UTPAL BHATTACHARYA, BENJAMIN LOOS, STEFFEN MEYER, ANDREAS HACKETAL Publication: REVIEW OF FINANCE, VOL.21, 2017 (version here) What are the research questions? [...]
Academic Research Insight: Diagonal Models versus 1/N Diversification
Title: MITIGATING ESTIMATION RISK IN ASSET ALLOCATION: DIAGONAL MODELS VERSUS 1/N DIVERSIFICATION Authors: CHRIS STIVERS, LICHENG SUN Publication: THE FINANCIAL REVIEW, 2016 (version here) What are [...]
Academic Research Insight: Digging into ETF Trading Spreads
In this article we discuss what the academic research says about ETF trading spreads and premiums. INEFFICIENCIES IN THE PRICING OF EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS ANTTI [...]
Academic Research Insight: When Does International Investing Make Sense?
Title: MONONATIONALS: THE DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN COMPANIES WITH NO FOREIGN SALES Authors: CORMAC MULLEN AND JENNY BERRILL Publication: FINANCIAL ANALYST JOURNAL, II Q 2017 (version here) What [...]
Academic Research Insights: Does the Scope of the Sell-Side Analyst Industry Matter?
Title: DOES THE SCOPE OF THE SELL-SIDE ANALYST INDUSTRY MATTER? AN EXAMINATION OF BIAS, AND INFORMATION CONTENT OF ANALYST REPORTS Authors: KENNETH MERKELEY, RONI [...]
Academic Research Insight: Facts about Factors
Title: FACTS ABOUT FACTORS Authors: PAULA COCOMA, MEGAN CZASONIS, MARK KRITZMAN, DAVID TURKINGTON Publication: THE JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, SPRING 2017 (version here) [...]
Academic Research Insight: The Value of Crowsourced Earnings Forecasts
Title: THE VALUE OF CROWDSOURCED EARNINGS FORECASTS Authors: RUSSELL JAME, RICK JOHNSTON, STANIMIR MARKOV, AND MICHAEL C. WOLFE Publication: JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, SEPTEMBER 2016 (version here) What [...]
Academic Research Insight: The Strategic Timing of Earnings News
Title: FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE STRATEGIC TIMING OF EARNINGS NEWS: JOINT ANALYSIS OF WEEKDAYS AND TIMES OF DAY Authors: RONI MICHAEY, AMIR RUBIN, [...]
Academic Research Insight: The Social Media Factor
Editor's Note: The Academic Research Insight will be a weekly short-form research summary on research that is directly related to investing. Elisabetta Basilico (a PhD [...]