This paper investigates whether monetary policy has asymmetric effects on stock returns using Markov-switching models. Different measures of the stance of monetary policy are adopted. Empirical evidence from monthly returns on the standard & Poor 500 (S&P 500) price index suggests that monetary...

We analyze and compare the intradaily patterns of two French and three American stocks with a special emphasis to the first trading hour (Presentation at the INSEEC Colloquium 2005)

El caso analiza al inversor internacional George Soros y su entorno. Se pretende mostrar una serie de operaciones financieras que reflejen sus estrategias de inversión. Adicionalmente, se pretende que los alumnos asuman la figura del Administrador de un HEDGE FUND, especializado en inversiones...

We consider an extension of a general equilibrium model with incomplete markets that considers cash-in-advance constraints. The total amount of money is supplied by an authority, which produces at no cost and lends money to agents at short term nominal rates of interest, meeting the demand....

El caso analiza la hipotética compra por parte del Grupo español Santander Central Hispano de la AFP Futuro de Bolivia a su actual dueño Zurich Financial Services. Se pretende que los alumnos asuman la figura de un consultor financiero que debe dar respuestas concretas a cuatro cuestiones: la...

This paper explain, analyze and apply in an example the original paper developed by Kopprasch, Boyce, Koenigsberg, Tatevossian, and Yampol (1987) from The Salomon Brothers Inc. Bond Portfolio Analysis Group. Please, be aware. This paper is for educational issues only. There is a Spanish version...

In this paper, we compare option contracts from a traditional derivatives exchange to bank-issued options, also referred to as covered warrants, whose markets have grown rapidly around the world in recent years. While bank-issued option markets and traditional derivatives exchanges exhibit...

For the case of a market-making trading environment, this=20 study shows how a vector moving average representation of=20 transaction price returns and trade can be decomposed to a=20 finer degree than before so as to reveal, not just summary=20 measures of Microstructure characteristics, but...

After the stock market crash of 1987, Fischer Black proposed a model in which he explained the crash by inconsistencies in the formation of expectations of mean reversion in stock returns. Following this explanation, a model that allows for mean reversion in stock returns is estimated on daily...

Correct assessment of the risks associated with likely economic outcomes is vital for effective decision making. The objective of investment in the stock market is to obtain positive market returns. The risk, however, is the danger of suffering large negative market returns. A variety of...