Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine stocks that are most actively discussed by online posters and see if the messages posted about these stocks have information or if they are just noise. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses messages posted on TheLion.com, which reports a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine stocks that are most actively discussed by online posters and see if the messages posted about these stocks have information or if they are just noise. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses messages posted on TheLion.com, which...

The Black Scholes option pricing model has been put to extensive application both in research and in actual market place. However, the inputs for the model are generally obtained from the stock market which is considered less efficient than the options market. This leads to a difference in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive review of literature on Value Line. First, the authors summarize the literature examining the Value Line enigma. Second, the authors survey the literature on Value Line’s other valuation metrics. Finally, literature comparing...