Investor attention and global market returns during the COVID-19 crisis

Facemask Risks during the COVID-19 Crisis

Introduction: With the increasing severity of the COVID-19 epidemic, wearing a mask was recommended. This recommendation seems to have created concern among the public. Wearing a mask generally reduces the risk of virus and therefore potentially saves lives. In healthy populations, wearing a mask does not appear to cause any harmful physiological changes, and the potentially life-saving benefit...

Investor Flows and Stock Market Returns

This study is the first to simultaneously analyze the relation between aggregate stock market returns and cash flows of the various investor groups that constitute the entire stock market in the United States. We examine the relation between investor flows and stock market returns over a long time period from 1952 to 2004, and also examine the relation between investor flows and longer-term sto...

Investor Sentiment, Market Timing, and Futures Returns

Investor sentiment index based on actual trader positions is useful for forecasting S&P 500 index futures returns. We find that large speculator sentiment is a price continuation indicator, whereas large hedger sentiment is a weak contrary indicator. Small trader sentiment does not forecast returns. We show that extreme levels and the combination of extreme levels of sentiments of the two types...

Psychosocial Problems During the COVID-19 Epidemic Crisis

Domestic Violence and the COVID-19 Crisis

This letter intends to discuss how CoVID-19 pandemic and its related preventive measures such as maintaining social distance and reducing social and intimate relationships can affect the formation of domestic violence. It also points to the need for families to provide psychological support in dealing with this epidemic.