Evidence suggests that rational, periodically collapsing speculative bubbles may be pervasive in stock markets globally … asset pricing model that allows for speculative bubbles to affect stock returns. We show that stocks incorporating larger … bubbles yield higher returns. The bubble deviation, at the stock level as opposed to the industry or market level, is a priced …

This paper is the first to utilize a direct test for periodic, partially collapsing speculative bubbles in US REIT … bubbles, most notably in the Mortgage REITs series. There is also visual evidence of a negative bubble in all three series in … bubbles or indeed taking advantage of such bubbles. …