Information moves stock prices. A vast literature has arisen to exploit and explain that fact. Applied researchers in a variety of fields have used stock market reactions to assess public policy changes. Most of that research has assumed that the information is released on a small set of...

This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market valuation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...