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...

We find that in contrast to the stock market, which performs better during Democratic presidencies, “sin” stocks — publicly traded producers of tobacco, alcohol, and gaming — perform better during Republican presidencies and even more so when the Republican presidency is accompanied by a...

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...