I show that endogenous investor inattention – investors allocating cognitive resources based on incentives – can explain substantial price underreaction to public information in corporate bond and stock markets. The key evidence is that prices under- react less to more payoff-relevant risks....

Commodities have attracted considerable interest as a financial investment in recent years. This article discusses the factors behind their growing appeal and assesses the extent to which market characteristics, such as price volatility, have changed as a result. The feature concludes that...