The role of the capital market in financing the energy transition, reducing global warming, and social imbalances seems invaluable. However, it is important to note that above-average investments in ESG companies can generate speculative activities and unexpected price volatility, dictated by...

This paper investigates the relation between returns on stock indices and their corresponding futures contracts in order to evaluate potential explanations for the pervasive yet anomalous evidence of positive, short-horizon portfolio autocorrelations. Using a simple theoretical framework, we...