Given that natural gas is a vital input for the U.S. utility sector, this study empirically investigates the return connectedness between the natural gas and utility stocks in the U.S. market. Using the quantile connectedness approach, we show that the nexus between natural gas and utility...

Using a sample of monthly asset classes from January 1990 to December 2016, we provide a comprehensive and more consistent approach to analyse and compare the risk-return relationships of Australian superannuation investment options. In estimating the risk profiles of the investment options, we...

We find that leverage-initiating stocks experience an increase in return comovement with existing leveraged stocks and a decrease in return comovement with existing zero-leverage stocks in the year after the leverage initiation event. In contrast, stocks that fully deleverage comove more with...