We examine the effect of earnings surprises on changes in information asymmetry. We hypothesize and find that asymmetry is lower (higher) in the quarter following positive (negative) earnings surprises compared to firms that meet the consensus analyst earnings forecast. The relations between...

A firm's book equity is a measure of the value held by a firm's ordinary shareholders. Increasingly, it is being reported as a negative number. Since the firm's limited liability structure means that shareholders' value cannot be negative value, negative book equity has no obvious...

A firm's book equity is a measure of the value held by a firm's ordinary shareholders. Increasingly, it is being reported as a negative number. Since the firm's limited liability structure means that shareholders' value cannot be negative value, negative book equity has no obvious...

We examine the effect of earnings surprises on changes in information asymmetry. We hypothesize and find that asymmetry is lower (higher) in the quarter following positive (negative) earnings surprises compared to firms that meet the consensus analyst earnings forecast. The relations between...

Investors in hedge funds and commodity trading advisors [CTA s] are naturally concerned with risk as well as return. In this paper, we investigate risk of hedge funds and CTA s in light of managerial career concerns. We find an association between past performance and risk levels consistent with...

active equity portfolios. Active management is dependent on the success of two importantcomponents in the investment process stock selection skill and portfolio management. Ourstudy documents a positive relationship between fund performance and portfolio concentration. The relationship is...

This study examines the relationship between investment performance and concentration inactive equity portfolios. Active management is dependent on the success of two importantcomponents in the investment process stock selection skill and portfolio management. Ourstudy documents a positive...

Empirical analysis of rates of return in Finance implicitly condition on the security surviving into the sample. We investigate the implications of such conditioning on the time series of rates of return. In general this conditioning induces a spurious relationship between observed return and...

We propose a new empirical approach to determination of mutual fund styles. This approach is simple to apply, yet it captures nonlinear patterns of returns that result from virtually all active portfolio management styles. We find that the largest equity fund category, acirc;not;SGrowthacirc;not;?...

Investors in hedge funds and commodity trading advisors [CTA s] are naturally concerned with risk as well as return. In this paper, we investigate risk of hedge funds and CTA s in light of managerial career concerns. We find an association between past performance and risk levels consistent with...