In this paper, we investigate the determinants of daily short selling activity for retail and foreign institutions and their impacts on stock returns, volatility and liquidity in the Taiwan stock markets. By using two metrics to measure the short selling activity for two investor types, we find...

Based on the volatility timing framework, this study uses intraday futures contracts (Bitcoin, gold, E-mini S&P 500, and 10-year T-Note) to investigate the economic value of adding Bitcoin instead of gold to a traditional financial portfolio. More important, we analyze the role of rebalancing...