We identify samples of losers and winners by selecting daily stock price returns in excess of 10% (sign ignored) and determine whether these samples over- or underreact. We then identify "informed" events, which correspond to announcements in the "Wall Street Journal"("WSJ"), and "uninformed"...

Night trading provides an ideal laboratory to assess the behavior of stock markets when institutional liquidity providers are less active. The evidence indicates that extreme positive (winner) and negative (loser) stock-price movements during night sessions are followed by reversals the next...

Night trading provides an ideal laboratory to assess the behavior of stock markets when institutional liquidity providers are less active. The evidence indicates that extreme positive (winner) and negative (loser) stock price movements during night sessions are followed by reversals the next...

This article examines the stock market's response to military contract award announcements for the 10-year period surrounding 11 September 2001. The abnormal returns of successful grantees are examined over the short run (days −1 to +1) and long run (days −1 to +60) to determine whether...

A trigger value of -5% is used to identify a sample of real estate trusts (REITS) that experience substantial one-day price declines. Abnormal returns are then calculated for the subsequent two-day period. The results of this study suggest stock price reversals are associated with extreme stock...