We examine the relationship between investor attention, and measures of uncertainty, with the market dynamics of Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies. We find that increases in investor attention are associated with higher returns, more volatility, and greater illiquidity in cryptocurrency...

The article examines microstructure issues in the Australian Interbank futures market by analyzing the price adjustment process following scheduled Cash Target Rate announcements by the Reserve Bank of Australia. In characterizing the market response, three distinct stages of price formation and...

The relationship between order imbalance, market returns and macroeconomic news is examined in the context of the Australian interest rate futures market. Contemporaneous order imbalance exerts a significant impact on market returns in the expected direction i.e. excess buy (sell) orders drive...

Geopolitical events are widely reported in the press and may influence the risk premium demanded by investors in addition to demand and supply of energy resources. Using the daily geopolitical risk index of Caldara and Iacoviello (2018), we demonstrate that geopolitical risk plays an important...

The article examines microstructure issues in the Australian Interbank futures market by analyzing the price adjustment process following scheduled cash target rate announcements by the Reserve Bank of Australia. In characterizing the market response, three distinct stages of price formation and...

Ben-Rephael et al. (2017) show “it depends on where you search”, highlighting a difference in retail and institutional attention. We add to this by investigating attention on the popular subreddit r/wallstreetbets, Twitter, Wikipedia page views, media, and a proxy for institutional...

This article examines the determinants of trading decisions, and the performance of trader types, in the context of the E-Mini S&P 500 futures and S&P 500 futures markets. Although the markets are very similar, essentially trading the same underlying asset but with different contract sizes, some...

Sadorsky (2012) analyzes correlations and volatility spillovers between oil prices and stock price indices of clean energy and technology companies. In this paper, we replicate the original analysis of Sadorsky (2012), extend the sample period and present new findings. The extended sample...

The cryptocurrency market has experienced stunning growth, with market value exceeding USD 1.5 trillion. We use a DCC-MGARCH model to examine the return and volatility spillovers across three distinct classes of cryptocurrencies: coins, tokens, and stablecoins. Our results demonstrate that...

This paper investigates the behavior of Australian interest rate futures around the release of major scheduled macroeconomic announcements. The analysis of price volatility, returns, trading activity and bid-ask spreads finds that the adjustment to new information occurs quickly with the...