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...

This study examines if mutual fund flow information can be exploited as a predictor for future fund performance, and if an economically profitable trading strategy can be executed. My central finding is that investors can improve their fund selection ability and beat the market conditional on...

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...

This paper examines the impact of reclassifying equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) in the S&P 500 by transferring them from the Financials sector to a new Global Industry Classification Standard sector named Real Estate in an event-study context. The creation of the new sector had a...

This study examines if mutual fund flow information can be exploited as a predictor for future fund performance, and if an economically profitable trading strategy can be executed. My central finding is that investors can improve their fund selection ability and beat the market conditional on...