Essays about: "earnings announcements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words earnings announcements.

  1. 1. Fund Managers' Awareness of Announcement Premiums: A Study on Fund Managers' Investment Decisions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Thomas Paal; Anton Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mutual Funds; Earnings Announcement Premium; Macroeconomic Announcement Premium; Decreasing Exposure; Fund Outflows;

    Abstract : In this paper, we interview fund managers of actively managed Swedish mutual funds to understand how they trade around earnings announcements. Based on an academic paper that we use as the basis for our paper, the authors of the paper find that fund managers on average tend to decrease their exposure to stocks ahead of earnings announcements, even though there is a significantly increased risk-reward and earnings announcement premium to earn ahead of the announcements. READ MORE

  2. 2. Post Earnings Announcement Drift in the Stockholm Stock Exchange : How pronounced is PEAD on beta, traded volume and sector allocation?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Ramon Nino; Paula Sander Pettersson; [2023]
    Keywords : PEAD; Post Earnings Announcement Drift; Anomalies; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Earnings announcements; beta; volume; sector; price;

    Abstract : Post Earnings Announcement Drift (PEAD) is a market anomaly that challenge the “Efficient Market Hypothesis” (EMH). It was first discovered in 1968 by Ball and Brown. When firms on the stock market have their earnings announcement the stock price will be affected and tend to drift up or down in price for days, weeks or months. READ MORE

  3. 3. Buck for the Bang? Abnormal Returns in Response to Arms Donation Announcements During the Russo-Ukrainian War

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Adam Dabram; Edvin Dribe; [2023]
    Keywords : Event study; Abnormal returns; Defense industry; Difficult-to-interpret information; Russo-Ukrainian war;

    Abstract : This paper examines defense industry stock market reactions to governmental announcements to donate weapons to Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion 2022. We use daily stock return and donation announcement data and employ event study methodology to establish abnormal returns among a select number of defense industry firms. READ MORE

  4. 4. Intraday Stock Price Variability Around Quarterly Earnings Announcements: Are markets efficient at interpreting quarterly earnings announcements?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Anton Ljungnér; [2022]
    Keywords : Efficient Market Hypothesis EHM ; Stock price variability; Earnings announcements; Post-earnings-announcement drift; Daily Price Range DPR ;

    Abstract : This study examines the market reactions to earnings announcements and investigates the relationship between market cap segment and stock price variability around quarterly earnings announcements, on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm main market during the year of 2021. Consistent with theoretical hypothesis, the empirical analysis shows that in the days surrounding an announcement of earnings, the abnormal intraday price ranges are elevated, and the elevated ranges are sustained for up to eight days following an announcement. READ MORE

  5. 5. Everything is Relative: Underlying Mechanisms Affecting Investor Reactions to Contrast Effects in the US Financial Market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Wilma Östman; Emma Lexhed; [2021]
    Keywords : Contrast Effect; Earning Announcement; Earning Surprise; The Relative Level of Market Strength; Loss Aversion;

    Abstract : Contrast effects influence our perception of information because it biases us to perceive matters relative to each other and not by their absolute values. This paper explores contrast effects in a financial setting. Contrasts are measured by comparing earning news of firms with announcement dates following each other. READ MORE