Liquidity commonality is defined as liquidity co-movements across assets or markets. In the current literature, it is measured relative to a single factor, i.e., the average liquidity across assets or markets. However, liquidity co-movements may not be fully captured by this single factor. Other...

We find increasingly large variations in returns from momentum strategies in recent years. Momentum strategies did not earn significant excess returns during the period of 1993-2004 which was due to their poor performance over the period from 2001-2004. Using sub-samples of smaller...

This study shows that during the FIFA World Cups, the Olympic Games, and Christmas and New Year, the average daily volatility persistence is near zero across 17 equity indices in 14 developed economies. During the World Cups, the volatility persistence decreases with proxies for the intensity of...