Reviews the book 'Financial Analysis and Corporate Strategy,' by Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman.

In this study, we test the three factor model of Fama and French and the Characteristic Model of Daniel and Titman (1997) on The French Stock Market over July 1976 to June 2001 period. Stocks are ranked by size and book to market ratios and then by ex-ante HML, SMB or Mkt loadings. The...

This paper analyzes the special features of electricity spot prices derived from the physics of this commodity and from the economics of supply and demand in a market pool. Besides mean-reversion, a property they share with other commodities, power prices exhibit the unique feature of spikes in...

The market portfolio efficiency remains controversial. This paper develops a new test of portfolio mean-variance efficiency relying on the realistic assumption that all assets are risky. The test is based on the vertical distance of a portfolio from the efficient frontier. Monte Carlo...

Les responsables marketing, les hommes de la communication et les financiers s'entendent aujourd'hui pour reconnaître la valeur financière des marques. Les divergences apparaissent dès que les discussions portent sur la définition de cette valeur

During the 15 years prior to the global financial crisis the volume of securitized assets transacted in the US grew substantially, reflecting a change in the nature of the financial intermediation process. Together with increased securitization of assets, financial entities, who participate more...

This article investigates the use of cash flow-fundamental ratio in forecasting stock market return and examines implications behind this ratio. By presuming the dynamics of cash flow-fundamental ratio I identify the relationship between economic uncertainty and risk premium. The evidence shows...

En este trabajo ofrecemos una visión general y actualizada sobre diferentes estrategias de negociación en activos de renta fija que hacen uso de la estructura temporal de tipos de interés (ETTI) en su implementación. Con dicho propósito, hemos comenzado analizando el riesgo de tipos de...

Foreclosed properties sell at lower prices than do nearby non-distressed properties. Of particular concern, is whether there is a “stigma” foreclosure discount whereby REO properties sell at lower prices simply because they have been involved in foreclosure proceedings. To the extent that...