Essays about: "retail investor attention"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words retail investor attention.
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1. Coverage initiations : an exploratory casestudy
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : This master thesis is exploring the influence of coverage initiation reports issued by commissioned equity research analysts on stock prices and trading volumes. Equity research actors, with their expertise and skill, are providing the market with valuable information and filling the knowledge gaps that investors may have. READ MORE
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2. Decoding the Winning Strategy - An in-depth study of Swedish closed-end funds
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The predictability of stock returns, prediction of buyout targets and value creation by activist owners are well-researched areas. However, Swedish closed-end funds' outstanding performance has received little attention. READ MORE
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3. Google Trends and Stocks: Retail Investing's Effect on Trading Performance of Swedish Large Cap Stocks
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We elaborate on the measure of retail investor attention by assessing search frequency in Google Trends. Search Volume Index (SVI) is explored as a proxy for attention that stocks get from retail investors, and we discuss its explanatory power on stock metrics. READ MORE
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4. Information Consumption and Price Informativeness: The Link Between Behavior and Price Discovery
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : As technologies to share and consume information become more efficient and the information available to investors grow exponentially, the relationship between information consumption and price discovery becomes increasingly important to understand. We study the relationship between information consumption and price informativeness. READ MORE
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5. Center of Attention - A Study of Retail Investor Attention and IPO Performance in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We test an attention-induced price-pressure hypothesis on Swedish data by replicating and extending the methodology of Da, Engelberg and Gao (2011). Using a sample of 233 IPOs on Nasdaq Stockholm and First North from 2004 to 2019, we examine the relationship between retail investor attention, proxied by Google search data, and IPO performance. READ MORE