The interest rate sensitivity of the stock returns of financial and non-financial corporations is awell-known phenomenon. However, only little is known about how much of total stockreturns is attributable to the compensation an investor receives for being exposed to interestrate risk when...

We investigate here the sensitivity of the stock returns of German financial institutions to changes in the shape of the term structure of interest rates. The standard approach has been to measure the interest rate sensitivity of stock returns by focussing solely on changes in a single interest...

We investigate here the sensitivity of the stock returns of German financial institutions to changes in the shape of the term structure of interest rates. The standard approach has been to measure the interest rate sensitivity of stock returns by focussing solely on changes in a single interest...

Recent literature indicates that stock characteristics proxying for behavioral biases reinforce the earnings momentum effect. Using data from the investable German HDAX, we analyze whether returns of earnings momentum strategies can be enhanced in a way that not only survives common risk...