There is evidence of abnormal stock returns at and following stock split announcements. The successful prediction of splits could enhance investor returns, but few studies try to do so. We hypothesize that a neglected aspect of prior prediction studies is companies that previously split with...

Executive stock options (ESOs) have been extensively examined. An unexplored but highly relevant issue is how the options are valued and what information this valuation provides to the market. Understanding ESOs valuation is difficult because there is no set method. Using a model such as...

Insurers in the U.S. hold over $5 trillion in assets, with approximately $1 trillion of these assets held in equities. While insurers manage underwriting risk with reinsurance, insurers increasingly manage asset risk with options, futures, and other derivatives. We demonstrate, using all options...

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) mirror an existing index by holding the same component stocks and matching the weighting scheme. ETFs offer services and investment flexibility that indexed mutual funds generally do not. We expect that if ETFs offer additional benefits over index funds, such as...

Prior studies find evidence of asymmetric size-based portfolio return cross-autocorrelations where lagged large-firm returns lead current small-firm returns. However, Boudoukh, Richardson, and Whitelaw (1994) question whether this economic relationship is independent of the impact of portfolio...

This study examines whether autocorrelations or cross-autocorrelations are more closely associated with the weekend phenomenon. Our results show a significant day-of-the-week pattern in autocorrelations associated with the weekend phenomenon. However we find no marginal influence of a...

Using the dual-beta model of Bhardwaj and Brooks (1993), thisstudy examines the cross-section of realized stock returns. Bull-market betas are significantly positively related to returns and, except for some models in January, bear-market betas are significantly negatively related to returns....

Prior studies find that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) predicts returns on broad stock market indices. This is an important finding because it suggests implied volatilities measured by VIX are a risk factor affecting security returns or an indicator of market inefficiency. We extend prior work...