The Calendar Effects of the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle: A Tale of Two Days?
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The idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) anomaly exhibits strong calendar effects. The negative relation between IVOL and the next-month return obtains mainly in the third week of the month. The IVOL-return relation is generally negative on Mondays and positive on Fridays. However, the positive impact is absent on the third Friday because of selling pressure from stocks delivered at option expiration. This imbalance between the negative and positive returns during the third week of the month has a large impact on the IVOL-return relation. Removing the third Friday and subsequent Monday return reduces the monthly IVOL effect by at least 40%. This paper was accepted by Karl Diether, finance.
The robust “maximum daily return effect as demand for lottery” and “idiosyncratic volatility puzzle”
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