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Connected stocks

Anton, Miguel and Polk, Christopher ORCID: 0009-0008-0133-6709 (2010) Connected stocks. Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers (651). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

By connecting stocks through common active mutual fund ownership, we forecast cross-sectional variation in return covariance, controlling for similarity in style (in- dustry, size, value, and momentum), the extent of common analyst coverage, and other pair characteristics. We argue this covariance is due to contagion based on re- turn decomposition evidence, cross-sectional heterogeneity in the extent of the e¤ect, and the magnitude of average abnormal returns to a cross-stock reversal trading strat- egy exploiting information in these connections. We show that the typical long/short hedge fund covaries negatively with this strategy suggesting that hedge funds may potentially exacerbate the price dislocation we document.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/fmg/publications/discussion-p...
Additional Information: © 2010 The Authors
Divisions: Finance
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates
G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G14 - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2012 11:13
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2024 19:02
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43098

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