We find that the firms included in the S&P 500 index are characterized by large increases in earnings, appreciation in market value, and positive price momentum in the period preceding their index inclusion. This strong preinclusion performance predicts 1) the permanent increase in market value...

Using high-frequency intraday trading and quoting data, we study the temporal effects in index credit default swap (CDS) trading and liquidity. We find strong intraday variations in index CDS trading activities and liquidity. Unlike the U-shaped pattern in the equity market, index CDSs exhibit a...

The practice of periodically reconstituting equity indices suggests that changes to the composition of an index can impact the performance of firms whose stocks are added to or dropped from the index. This paper reviews and provides a comprehensive assessment of the academic literature on how...

We test the hypothesis that retail investors' attraction to lottery stocks induces overvaluation, and is amplified by high attention and social interactions. The lottery premium (negative abnormal returns) is stronger for high-retail-ownership stocks—especially those that also have high...

We show that, in a frictionless and efficient market, an asset pricing model that better describes investors' behavior should better forecast stock index returns. We propose a dividend model that predicts, out-of-sample, 31.3% of the variation in annual dividend growth rates (1976-2015)....

The past several years have witnessed the introduction of hundreds of so-called “smart beta” equity indices. These indices provide exposure to risk factors, such as value or low volatility, in order to seek excess return and/or risk reduction compared to cap-weighted indices. Although the...

We examine the impact of ETF ownership on the commonality in liquidity of underlying stocks, while controlling for other institutional ownership. Analyses using aggregate stock-level ETF ownership and common ETF ownership at the stock-pair level indicate that ETF ownership significantly...

We investigate the impact of the uncertainty surrounding the United Kingdom’s proposed departure from the European Community (“Brexit”) on financial assets. We conduct an event study around the November 14th 2018 draft withdrawal agreement. Our motivation was that the economic impact of...

The all-stock equity indices provide important information to market participants for asset allocation and investment performance evaluations. In this paper, we construct market capitalization weighted indexes for each of the 23 countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets index as of...

The all-stock equity indices provide important information to market participants for asset allocation and investment performance evaluations. In this paper, we construct market capitalization weighted indexes for each of the 23 countries included in the MSCI World Developed Market index as of...