Financial crises are typically marked by substantial increases in ambiguity where prices appear to decouple from fundamentals. Consistent with ambiguity-based asset pricing theories, we find that ambiguity concerns are more severe for firms with higher pre-crisis earnings volatility, causing...

As algorithmic trading (AT) has become a dominant component in financial markets, it is important to understand its benefits and costs. We find that AT is positively related to future stock price crash risk and managers’ bad news hoarding behavior. Additional analyses show that the effect of...

The literature on stock price momentum documents that past price performance predicts future price performance (over the next 3-12 months). We argue that past price performance can be driven either by fundamentals or non–fundamental reasons and financial statement analysis (FSA) can help...