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Labor Income Risk and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns

This paper explores asset pricing implications of unemployment risk from sectoral shifts. I proxy for this risk using cross-industry dispersion (CID), defined as a mean absolute deviation of returns of 49 industry portfolios. CID peaks during periods of accelerated sectoral reallocation and heighten

Street Traders Math 4.5 Rigor 7.5 ·  January 22, 2023

Bitcoin Does Not Hedge Inflation

This paper examines the response of major cryptocurrencies to macroeconomic news announcements (MNA). While other cryptocurrencies exhibit no reaction to major MNA, Bitcoin responds negatively to inflation surprise. Price of Bitcoin decreases by 24 bps in response to a 1 standard deviation inflation

Street Traders Math 3.5 Rigor 7.5 ·  January 24, 2023

Customer Momentum

This paper examines customer momentum, defined as a positive relationship between a firm’s returns and past returns of its customers. I confirm previous evidence (Cohen and Frazzini 2008) that customer momentum is both statistically and economically significant. Long-short equally-weighted (value-we

Street Traders Math 3 Rigor 7.5 ·  January 26, 2023

Zero-Leverage Puzzle

In this paper, I examine why some firms have zero leverage. I fail to find evidence that firms are unlevered because of managerial entrenchment since these firms do not have weaker corporate governance. I reject the hypothesis that firms become zero-leverage after prolonged periods of high market va

Street Traders Math 2.5 Rigor 7.5 ·  February 1, 2023

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