We examine the effects of investor disagreement on price discovery using a recurring public information event in the highly liquid crude oil futures market, a market free of short-sale constraints. We show that prices reflect positive news within one-half second of trading, but continue to drift...

Firm-level monthly short interest is positively and significantly related to the returns of firms that compete in the same product markets. This finding is robust to standard controls and cannot be explained by industry momentum, industry lead-lag relationships, or industry information spillover...

We investigate the role of extreme positive payoffs in the distribution of monthly fund returns in investors' mutual fund preferences. We document a positive and significant relationship between the maximum style-adjusted monthly return (MAX) and future fund flows. The relationship is robust to...