Volume Based Portfolio Strategies Analysis of the Relationship between Trading Activity and Expected Returns in the Cross-Section of Swiss Stocks /

• Main Author: Brändle, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Subjects: Finance.; Public finance.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Finance, general.

Alexander Brändle investigates the relationship between different measures of trading volume and returns in the Swiss stock market. He discovers that stocks with unusual trading volume in a given month experience systematically higher subsequent returns. This abnormal volume effect is particularly s...

Table of Contents:

• Review of Studies on the Relationship between Trading Volume and Stock Returns
• Data and Methodology
• Results: Trading Volume and the Cross-Sectional Variation of Stock Returns
• Results: Time-Stability of Portfolio Returns
• Results: Economic Significance of Volume-Return Relations
• Summary and Conclusions.