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Institutional Ownership and Return Predictability Across Economically Unrelated Stocks

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Author
Gao, George P.
Moulton, Pamela
Ng, David T.
Abstract

We document strong weekly lead-lag return predictability across stocks from different industries with no customer-supplier linkages (economically unrelated stocks). Between 1980 and 2010, the industry-neutral long-short hedge portfolio earns an average of over 19 basis points per week. This predictability is related to common institutional ownership and is distinct from previously documented lead-lag effects. Common institutional ownership is a complementary rather than a substitute explanation for return predictability. Information linkages are enough to induce return predictability among stocks in the same industry, but economically unrelated stocks exhibit return predictability only when they have common institutional owners. Our findings suggest that institutional portfolio reallocations can induce return predictability among otherwise unrelated stocks.

Date Issued
2016-08-01
Keywords
return predictability
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anomalies
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institutional ownership
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institutional trading
Related Version
Gao, G. P., Moulton, P. C., & Ng, D. T. (2017). Institutional ownership and return predictability across economically unrelated stocks. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 31, 45-63. doi:10.1016/j.jfi.2016.07.004
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2016.07.004
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/71317
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Required Publisher Statement: © Elsevier. Final version published as: Gao, G. P., Moulton, P. C., & Ng, D. T. (2017). Institutional ownership and return predictability across economically unrelated stocks. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 31, 45-63. doi:10.1016/j.jfi.2016.07.004 Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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