The gradual information diffusion hypothesis (GIDH) suggests that information flows slowly across investors and asset markets and thus generates return predictability. We examine cross-asset return predictability of FX market strategies. Apply the GIDH to empirically investigate the role of...

Using Google’s recently introduced COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports, we test the effects of stay-at-home activity on the US stock market outcomes. We argue that shocks to residential and workplaces mobility reflect stay-at-home activity and capture shocks to retail investor inattention and...

Using Google’s recently introduced COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports, we test the effects of stay-at-home activity on the US stock market outcomes. We argue that shocks to residential and workplaces mobility reflect stay-at-home activity and capture shocks to retail investor inattention and...

Using a unique dataset on the trading transaction records of private investors from Sweden, we explore the role of gender and age in the use of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), considered to be innovative investment products, with respect to implications for portfolio performance. We show...

We investigate how the local information demand explains the market outcomes in cross-listed European Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Our results show that the local information demand predicts the future trading volume and, to a lesser extent, the future net fund flows. The effects of the...

This paper contributes to the literature by examining whether the age and gender of the firm's top executives influence market-based measures of firm risk. Using data on the S&P 1500 firms, we document that CEO and CFO age and gender have a direct effect on market-based firm risk measures in...

We investigate the effects of the use of different sources of investment leverage, i.e. securities with embedded leverage and traditional margin accounts, on the portfolio performance of retail investors, recognizing that these effects may be conditional on investor attention. We find that...

Investors can use leverage to increase the returns and profit of an investment. The so-called Kelly criterion is traditionally used to determine the optimal leverage factor for maximizing an investor’s absolute wealth. However, using the Kelly criterion may lead to too risky decisions for...

We explore a unique dataset on individual investors’ online trading accounts to examine the determinants of their attention and its relation to portfolio performance. In particular, we investigate what individual characteristics affect investor attention and what type of information drives...