1. Introduction Part 1 of this analysis, which is available here, examines filters modeled on second-order processes from a digital signal processing (DSP) perspective to illustrate their properties and limitations. To briefly recap, a time [...]
CFO Gender and Financial Statement Irregularities V.K.Gupta, S. Mortal, B. Chakrabarty, X. Guo, D. B. TurbanAcademy of Management Journal, 2019A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.free access for financial professionals Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
Global Factor Premiums Baltussen, Swinkels, VlietJournal of Financial Economics, forthcomingA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category What are the Research Questions? [...]
Liquidity risk and exchange-traded fund returns, variances, and tracking errors Kyounghun Bae, Daejin KimJournal of Financial EconomicsA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our [...]
The predictive abilities of value and momentum strategies are among the strongest and most pervasive empirical findings in the asset pricing literature. (here is a deep dive) For example, the study “Value and Momentum Everywhere” [...]
Do-It-Yourself tactical asset allocation weights for the Robust Asset Allocation Index are posted here. (Note: free registration required) Request a free account here if you want to access the site directly. Exposure Highlights (bold implies [...]
Stock Market Returns and Consumption Marco Di Maggio, Amir Kermani and Kaveh MajlesiJournal of Finance, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research [...]
The American Finance Association Annual Meetings are here.here is information on the broader conference The conference is virtual this year but that doesn't mean the organization hasn't done a good job collecting the brightest minds in [...]
1. Introduction Many traders use strategies based on trends that occur in stock, bond, currency, commodity, and other financial asset price time series in order to “buy low” and “sell high”. A trend is considered [...]
Documentation of the File Drawer Problem at Finance Conferences: A Follow-Up Study Manoela N. Morais and Matthew R. MoreyJournal of InvestingA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check [...]
“The plural of anecdote is not data” I’ve used this quote to discount the validity of a single observation to explain much of anything. That observation is true. Yet the real quote, attributed to Stanford researcher Ray Wolfinger, [...]
Do Individual Investors Trade on Investment-related Internet Postings? Manuel Ammannt and Nic SchaubManagement Science, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category [...]
In his famous 1981 paper, "The Relationship Between Return and Market Value of Common Stocks,” Rolf Banz found that small firms have higher risk-adjusted returns than large firms. This was one of the first major [...]
Intermediation in Private Equity: The Role of Placement Agents Matthew D. Cain, Stephen B. McKeon, and Steven Davidoff SolomonJournal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries [...]
Investing is never easy, but some times are easier than others. Buying US government bonds at 10%+ yields when inflation was steadily decreasing in the 1980s was probably less worrying than buying them today at [...]
The following factor performance modules have been updated on our Index website.free access for financial professionals Standardized PerformanceFactor PerformanceFactor ExposuresFactor PremiumsFactor AttributionFactor Data Downloads
Independent Women: Investing in British Railways, 1870-1922 Graeme G. Acheson; Gareth Campbell; Áine Gallagher and John D. TurnerEconomic History Review, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance [...]
Robert Novy-Marx’s 2013 paper “ The Other Side of Value: The Gross Profitability Premium” not only provided investors with new insights into the cross-section of stock returns but also helped further explain some of Warren [...]
There are no "right" answers when it comes to financial markets. There are generally trade-offs to all decisions. For example, stocking picking can be incredible and crush every other investment approach; but stock picking can [...]
