Short-Term Reversals: The Effects of Institutional Exits and Past Returns

56 Pages Posted: 3 Feb 2014 Last revised: 2 Jun 2015

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Si Cheng

Syracuse University - Department of Finance

Allaudeen Hameed

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Finance

Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

Sheridan Titman

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: October 26, 2014

Abstract

Return reversals depend on de facto market making by active informed investors as well as uninformed market makers. Accordingly, we find that reversals are higher following declines in the number of active institutional investors. Price declines over the past quarter, which serve as a proxy for declines in active investors, lead to stronger reversals across the subsequent two months; indeed reversals are concentrated primarily in past quarter losers. We provide evidence that price pressure induced by fire sales in response to past stock price drops cannot fully account for our results. Further, the evidence is consistent with market makers reacting more quickly to changes in the number of informed investors in the more recent period, particularly for large firms.

Keywords: monthly reversals, market efficiency, liquidity

JEL Classification: G1, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Cheng, Si and Hameed, Allaudeen and Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar and Titman, Sheridan, Short-Term Reversals: The Effects of Institutional Exits and Past Returns (October 26, 2014). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2389408 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2389408

Si Cheng

Syracuse University - Department of Finance ( email )

Whitman School of Management
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Allaudeen Hameed

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Finance ( email )

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Singapore

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Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (Contact Author)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area ( email )

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Financial Research Network (FIRN)

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Australia

Sheridan Titman

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance ( email )

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United States
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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