Does investing in a global portfolio of leading corporate sustainability firms add to, detract from, or have no material impact on portfolio performance? To answer this question we undertake an analysis of leading and lagging corporate sustainability firms using data from the Dow Jones...

In this paper, we examine the asset-pricing role of liquidity (as proxied by share turnover) in the context of the Fama and French (1993) three-factor model. Our analysis employs monthly Australian data, covering the sample period from 1990 to 1998. The key finding of our research is that the...

We propose that covariance (rather than beta) asymmetry provides a superior framework for examining issues related to changing risk premiums. Accordingly, we investigate whether the conditional covariance between stock and market returns is asymmetric in response to good and bad news. Our model...

We document further evidence of the potential profitability of short-term contrarian investment strategies using Australian data. Such profits are robust to two portfolio weighting schemes, bid-ask bounce, risk, seasonality and volume. When transaction costs are introduced, the profitability...

This paper investigates whether return volatility, trading volume, return asymmetry, business cycles and day-of-the-week are potential determinants of conditional autocorrelation in stock returns. The primary focus is on the role of feedback trading and the interplay of return volatility. We...

Fischer Black's strategy of skewing portfolios to low-beta stocks makes sense in non-U.S. markets if a similar 'flat' relationship between beta and return exists in those markets. Theory suggests, however, that for taxation reasons, the relationship between beta and return will be more steeply...

The investment role of precious metals in financial markets is investigated by analysis of daily data for gold, platinum, and silver from 1976 to 2004. All three precious metals have low correlations with stock index returns, which suggests that these metals may provide diversification within...

In this paper I provide details on an extensive resource center to support Faff's (2015, 2018a) pitching template framework – a framework that provides a succinct and methodical approach to pitching a new research proposal to an academic expert. Specifically, I give a comprehensive update and...

This study examines whether individualistic national culture is associated with stock price crash risk (“crash risk”) for a sample of firms from 36 countries over the period of 1990 to 2015. We find robust evidence that firms in more individualistic cultural settings exhibit higher future...

Using audit quality as our core focus, we take a fresh look at the tradability and standby status in rights offerings, and the market reaction during the subscription period in the US market. We find that firms with high audit quality are more likely to choose tradable or full standby rights...