This article examines the role of idiosyncratic volatility in explaining the cross-sectional variation of size- and value-sorted portfolio returns. We show that the premium for bearing idiosyncratic volatility varies inversely with the number of stocks included in the portfolios. This conclusion...

This paper examines whether the negative relation between idiosyncratic volatility and expected returns is due to stock return reversals as argued by Fu (2009) and Huang, Liu, Rhee and Zhang (2010). Controlling the return reversal effect, it shows that stocks with different past returns have...

This article reviews recent academic studies that analyze the performance of long-short strategies in commodity futures markets. Special attention is devoted to the strategies based on roll-yields, inventory levels or hedging pressure that directly arise from the theory of storage and the...