We reexamine the effects of price limits on the stock volatility of Taiwan Stock Exchange using a new methodology based on the Extreme-Value technique. Consistent with the advocates of price limits, we find that stock market volatility is sharply moderated under more restrictive price limits

We investigate the effects of investor sentiment on returns and volatility of eight different commodities. Our findings suggest that sentiment has a predictive power on return and volatility of the commodities. Fundamentally, commodities return and volatility are positively associated with the...