This study investigates whether the widely documented daily correlated trading volume of stocks is driven by individual investor trading, institutional trading, or both. We find that at least 95 percent of NYSE and AMEX stocks exhibit statistically significant, positive serial correlation....

Previous studies of the quality of market forecasted future volatility in currency options use implied volatilities from exchange-traded currency options markets, and find that though implied volatility has substantial informational content, it is a biased predictor of future volatility....

Using a new and unique dataset on mutual fund stockholdings, we identify several interesting similarities and differences in the stock preferences of domestic and foreign fund managers from 11 developed countries. Our results show that both groups of fund managers consider basic stock...

Using a new unique data set on mutual fund stockholdings, we identify several interesting similarities and differences in the stock preferences of domestic and foreign fund managers from 11 developed countries. Results show that both groups of managers prefer stocks with high return on equity,...