This article examines the connection between elements of nature, such as wind velocity, temperature, moon phases, earthquakes and hours of daylight, and the yield of the major index in the Israeli stock exchange. We find that felt earthquakes do not have an affect on yield, while rainy days have...

In this article, we examined the validity of 'Put Call Parity' (PCP) in the Israeli stock market. Estimating the parameters for the PCP equation, we reject the validity of PCP with a 100% confidence level. The estimated PCP equation includes a significant intercept that points to the possibility...