The purpose of this paper is to develop an algorithm to harvest user specified information on finance portals and compile it into machine‐readable datasets for quantitative analysis. The Visual Basic macro language in Microsoft Excel is applied to develop code that is not constrained by the...

The product life cycle has been overlooked by academicians who examine the financial aspects of corporate behavior and teach finance. This article demonstrates how the life cycle concept can be used to enhance both research and teaching by demonstrating how key financial variables, such as...

The traditional CAPM beta is almost exclusively calculated over a return period that spans a window length of 60-months, at one-month return frequencies. It is one of the most utilized models in the asset management industry to assess systematic risk. Yet there is limited evidence to suggest...