This paper provides evidence that a change in the surrounding risk-taking environment, via increased casino access, affects investors' subsequent willingness to take portfolio risk. Using the initial legalization and opening of commercial casinos in the United States as a quasi-natural...

We provide evidence regarding mutual funds' motivation to hold lottery stocks. Funds with higher managerial ownership invest less in lottery stocks, suggesting that managers themselves do not prefer such stocks. The evidence instead supports that managers cater to fund investors' preference for...

By applying the concept of “information ratio” to data published in The 2014 Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Report, this work discuss with quantitative data and equations Warren Buffett's management strategy and financial accomplishment at Berkshire Hathaway. Furthermore, a combined analysis of...

The authors investigate whether sports traders who systematically invest in sports betting strategies can outperform hedge fund managers and the S&P 500 from 1st January 2010 to 7th January 2016. The authors take a simple betting strategy based on Horse races in the UK and invest consistently on...