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This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the relationship between idiosyncratic volatility and …), we estimate monthly idiosyncratic volatility and investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic at the portfolio and … idiosyncratic volatility and subsequent stock returns switches from negative to positive during the pandemic period. Furthermore, we …
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This paper examines how the size of the rolling window, and the frequency used in moving average (MA) trading strategies, affects financial performance when risk is measured. We use the MA rule for market timing, that is, for when to buy stocks and when to shift to the risk-free rate. The...
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of ESG indices against broad market indices. The evaluation also delves into downside volatility, a crucial factor for …, negative news has a milder impact on the volatility of ESG indices in all of the studied countries except for Germany. This …
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This study suggests a new measure for a firm's operating cost flexibility. Flexible firms are less risky and, therefore, require lower stock returns. This analysis of 126,202 firm-year observations from the U.S. cross-section of stock returns finds that the new measure explains a negative...
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This study examines the impact of stock splits on stock liquidity in Bursa Malaysia from 2004-2018. The study uses event study methodology and investigates liquidity changes, the role of liquidity, and the relationship between abnormal returns and liquidity as well. We found a significant...
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distinguish between bad and good news and investigate the impact of intangible assets-synonymous with high uncertainty and risk …
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announcements from the U.S. were selected, and an empirical analysis of the daily returns, volatility, and volume of the selected …
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In this work, we examine Thomas Reuters News Analytics (TRNA) data. We found several fascinating discoveries. First, we document the phenomenon that we label "Jam-the-Close": The last half hour of trading (15:30 to 16:00 EST) contains a substantial and statistically significant amount of news...
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asymmetric effect of return and volatility transmission. We empirically investigate the decoupling hypothesis of Islamic and …
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of covariates as well as the smoothing parameters via cross-validation. We find that volatility forecastability is much …
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