Recent studies have documented the importance of asymmetry and tail-fatness of returns on portfolio-choice, asset-pricing, value-at-risk and option-valuation models. This article explores the nature of skewness and elongation in daily Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) return distributions using g, h...

Due to tougher lending standards, Rent-to-Own (RTO) contracts are getting popular. In a RTO contract, a tenant signs a lease with the option to buy a house at a predetermined purchase price. That is, the tenant receives a call option. RTO contracts allow potential financially constrained...