Asset pricing

Does Unexpected Change in Climate Risk Concerns Affect IV Surface Dynamics? A VAR Approach Using the UMC Index

Unexpected changes in climate concerns and the dynamics of the implied-volatility surface.

Strategies to Monetize the Sentiment Extracted With NLP Techniques From Earnings Call Transcripts

From sentiment extracted out of earnings calls to an implementable trading strategy.

When social risks matter: Retail fund flows and social concern

Extending the concern-index approach from climate to social risk, and testing it on retail fund flows.

Examining the Relation Between Stocks' Option-Implied Moments and Climate Change Concerns

Option-implied moments read against the Media Climate Change Concerns index.

Twitter and cryptocurrency pump-and-dumps

Social-media activity around coordinated cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes.

Climate change concerns and the performance of green versus brown stocks

Green stocks outperform brown stocks when climate change concerns rise unexpectedly — measured with a news-based index built for the purpose.

Factor exposure heterogeneity in green and brown stocks

Green and brown portfolios differ in their factor exposures — which complicates reading their return spread as a climate signal.

How easy is it for investment managers to deploy their talent in green and brown stocks?

The room a manager has to add value differs systematically between green and brown segments.

Media abnormal tone, earnings announcements, and the stock market

News media add information beyond earnings press releases and earnings calls — and market participants overreact to it.