We investigate the trading of benchmark ETFs, leveraged ETFs, and leveraged inverse ETFs that are matched based on their tracking index or sector. We find that ETF trading is very active and average daily trading volume for the most active ETF is more than $25 billion during the period of March...

This paper highlights the interactions of sales growth with diversification strategies and their joint effects on firm value. Employing firm-level data for 39 countries, we report that firms diversify mainly to cope with their poor sales growth and/or slow growth in their core industries....