This article contributes to the literature on macroeconomic announcements and their impact on asset prices by investigating how the 15-second Xetra DAX returns reflect the monthly announcements of the two best known business cycle forecasts for Germany, i.e. the ifo Business Climate Index and...

This paper analyzes the effects of loan contract amendments and insider trading on stock returns. Loan renegotiations are frequent and contain potentially relevant information about the financial health of firms. Because managers and officers are better informed about the outcome of such...

This article focuses on the relationship between the Dollar and the German stock market. Since there is only weak significance of a stable bivariate long-run relationship, relevant information sets are limited to shorter periods. Using rolling regressions, the results show that direction and...