Value-at-Risk (VaR) has become a standard measure for risk management and regulation. In the case of a two-parameter distribution, a common method among practitioners is first to calculate the daily VaR and then to apply it to a longer investment horizon by using the Square Root Rule (SRR). We...

In this paper, I examine the sources of momentum returns and uncover a list of intriguing features. I find that when the momentum returns are decomposed the contributions of the explained and the unexplained risk factors depend on the level of analysis, the risk factors used, and the lag...

This study examines the relationships between bid-ask spreads and share turnovers as proxies for information asymmetry and liquidity and the world zones where the entities are incorporated of Foreign Private Issuers that utilize various forms of GAAP for filing with the U.S. Securities and...

This study adopts the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean Autoregressive Moving Average (GARCH-M-ARMA) and Exponentially Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean Autoregressive Moving Average (EGARCH-M-ARMA) models to analyze the spillover,...

Discounted cash flows methods such as Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return are often used interchangeably or even together for assessing value creation in industrial and engineering projects. Notwithstanding its difficulties of applicability and reliability, the internal rate of return...

This paper tests for the stock market reaction to corporate debt-based securities offering. A standard event study framework is applied to calculate and test Average Abnormal Returns (AARs) and Cumulative Average Abnormal Returns (CAARs), both on and surrounding the announcement date. A...

Following the 2007-2009 global recession, economic policy uncertainty and its effect on economic recovery has become an issue of interest in academic, media as well as policy-making circles (Baker et al., 2013). Given this backdrop, we investigate causality between economic policy uncertainty in...

The Operational Risk Advanced Measurement Approach requires financial institutions to use scenarios to model these risks and to evaluate the pertaining capital charges. Considering that a banking group is composed of numerous entities (branches and subsidiaries), and that each one of them is...

This study employs the grey relational analysis model and provides robust identification of the S&P 500 stock index as having the greatest influence on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The subsequent influencing factors are the volatility index (VIX), commodity research bureau (CRB) index, Brent...

This paper analyses the impact of the United States' (US) subprime crisis on Canadian banks' stock returns, using event study methodology. Our results suggest that despite their holdings of US toxic (subprime) mortgage-backed assets, Canadian banks have been solid in the face of the subprime...