This paper provides evidence of informed trading by individual investors around earnings announcements using a unique data set of NYSE stocks. We show that intense aggregate individual investor buying (selling) predicts large positive (negative) abnormal returns on and after earnings announcement dates. We decompose abnormal returns following the event into information and liquidity provision components, and show that about half of the returns can be attributed to private information. We also find that individuals trade in both return-contrarian and news-contrarian manners after earnings announcements. The latter behavior has the potential to slow the adjustment of prices to earnings news.
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Harvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Campbell, John Y.
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Ramadorai, Tarun
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Univ Oxford, Said Business Sch, Oxford OX1 1HP, England
Univ Oxford, Oxford Man Inst Quantitat Finance, Oxford OX1 4EH, England
Ctr Econ Policy Res, London EC1V 0DG, EnglandHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Ramadorai, Tarun
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Schwartz, Allie
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Cornerstone Res, New York, NY 10022 USAHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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Harvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Campbell, John Y.
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Ramadorai, Tarun
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Univ Oxford, Said Business Sch, Oxford OX1 1HP, England
Univ Oxford, Oxford Man Inst Quantitat Finance, Oxford OX1 4EH, England
Ctr Econ Policy Res, London EC1V 0DG, EnglandHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Ramadorai, Tarun
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Schwartz, Allie
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Cornerstone Res, New York, NY 10022 USAHarvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 213, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA