The influence of the Fed's actions on equity prices has been a source of significant speculation in recent years. This paper uses a well-regarded measure for the “fair” value of interest rates to measure the degree to which the Fed is influencing interest rates, and then relates that level...

Prior research finds that stocks earn significantly higher returns in January compared to other months, with the effect most often attributed to tax-motivated selloffs in December leading to price reversion in January. We examine how patterns in turn-of-the-year performance impact prominent...

We provide evidence that discretionary loan loss provisions (DLLP) convey value-relevant information to the market that is highly dependent upon the state of the economy. DLLP is associated with negative abnormal returns during bad economic states characterized by growing default concerns, but...