We provide an economic rationale for the expansion of private equity (PE) groups into the business of private debt investing. We argue and show empirically that combining PE with private debt provides dual benefits for the parent entity. On the one hand, in the primary loan market, the parent...

We provide an economic rationale for the expansion of private equity (PE) groups into the business of private debt investing. We argue and show empirically that combining PE with private debt provides dual benefits for the parent entity. On the one hand, in the primary loan market, the parent...

This research finds distinct life cycle patterns of equity participation by gender. The significant factors associated with equity participation also vary notably by gender and age. Women exhibit greater variability in both participation levels and significant factors. Family circumstances are...

Investors who only invest in their domestic market are typically referred to as being home-biased. We refer to firm-level internationalization and call into question whether investing in domestic stock indices actually leads to home bias. We use three measures of firm-level internationalization...

This study examines the practical performance of the multiple priors optimal portfolio based on the mean-variance preference. The multiple priors optimal portfolio is designed to be robust to model uncertainty, also known as ambiguity. A back test finds two properties: the multiple priors...

Manipulative communications touting stocks are common in capital markets around the world. Although the price distortions created by so-called “pump-and-dump” schemes are well known, little is known about the investors in these frauds. By examining 421 “pump-and-dump” schemes between...

Warren Buffett has consistently advised investors to follow a simple approach, diversifying broadly and minimizing costs. In fact, he recommended the trustee that will manage his wife's bequest to stick to a simple 90-10 stock-bond portfolio. Is this a sensible strategy for retirees in general?...

One of the most important decisions retirees need to make is the asset allocation of their portfolios. They can have a static or a dynamic allocation, and simplicity usually favors the former. Warren Buffett recently added another vote for static allocations by revealing that he had advised a...

Based on recent empirical evidence which suggests that as investors gain experience, their investment performance improves, we hypothesize that the specific mechanism through which experience translates into better investment returns is closely related to learning from investment mistakes. To...