Using a database of more than 1.85 million transactions made by retail investors over a six-year period (1991-96), we show that these trades are systematically correlated amp;#8722; i.e., individuals buy (or sell) stocks in concert. Moreover, as predicted by noise trader models, we find that...

Accounting-based valuation theory suggests that a firm's value (V) is a combination of its book value (B) and market expectations of future earnings. We empirically evaluate the ability of this model to explain the book-to-market (B/P) effect. We find that our empirical proxies of V dominate B...

We model the time-series relation between price and intrinsic value as a cointegrated system, so that price and value are long-term convergent. In this framework, we compare the performance of alternative estimates of intrinsic value for the Dow 30 stocks. During 1963-96, traditional market...

This study compares four broadly available industry classification schemes in a variety of applications common to capital market research. SIC codes have been available since 1939, but are being replaced by NAICS codes. The Global Industry Classifications Standard (GICS)SM system, jointly...