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How Pretenders Give Mergers a Bad Name
M&As have a reputation for draining the value of acquiring firms. It doesn’t have to be that way: a long-term focus and deep pockets flip the script
Paying for Speed: Are Traders Wasting Money?
For a price, high-speed traders can plug into a stock market’s backbone. Unfair advantage or fair exchange?
Robot Auction Bidders Are Such Buzzkills
Competing against automated agents induces auction bidders to skip risky behaviour
Making sense of the fast — and the furious
Is high-frequency trading the most evil finance scheme ever conceived? Ryan Riordan crunches some hard-to-access data and comes away with a reassuring tale
Research Brief: The Long Arm of Institutional Investors
Institutional investors with a long-term horizon reduce the cost of equity capital
Executive Behaviour: Why the Female Tortoise Beats the Male Hare
Business decisions by top female executives are more highly valued by the stock market than those made by male executives
The Dividend Month Premium and Paradox
Just before a stock's dividend cut-off date, buyers far outnumber sellers, which defies the logic of the stock market. What's going on?
Research Brief: Hedge Funds Come to Help, Not Harm, Bankrupt Firms
Failed companies have a better chance of recovering from bankruptcy if hedge funds are in the driver's seat