This paper investigates the joint determination of two dimensions of a security: trading volume and return. In much of the existing literature, volume is modeled as being exogenously related to security returns. Our analysis evaluates the extent to which trading activity also depends on security...

We provide an in-depth analysis of the predictive ability of models with fundamentals and technical indicators for fourteen emerging market currencies. Our findings suggest that the forecasts from the symmetric Taylor rule as well as from a predictive regression exploiting the informational...

This paper investigates the relation between stock returns and trading volume (as measured by turnover) in a small emerging market, i.e., the Egyptian Securities Exchange (ESE). We are interested in examining the power of stock trading volume in predicting future return. To this end, we use a...

We examine whether sensitivities to cash flow (CF) and discount rate (DR) risk in down markets provide an explanation for the investment effect, where low-investment stocks earn higher expected returns than high-investment stocks. We show how productivity and financing constraints asymmetrically...