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Jim Cramer’s Gaps and Reversals

…Jim Cramer’s buy (sell) recommendations tend to gap up (down) overnight to a degree inverse to market capitalization and then level off or reverse over the next few weeks. In general, investors cannot capture the gaps. The best play for traders is to buy Cramer-initiated small-cap sell recommendations within a few days and wait for reversal over the next few weeks.

Buy Intraday Loser Stocks in the Last Half-hour?

Should investors expect end-of-day rebounds in intraday loser stocks? In their November 2024 paper entitled “End-of-Day Reversal”, Amar Soebhag, Guido Baltussen and Zhi Da investigate intraday return reversal among individual stocks during the last 30 minutes of the trading day. They segment the 24-hour close-to-close trading day into: (1) overnight (close to open); (2) first… Keep Reading

Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 4/22/24 – 4/26/24

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Compendium of Live ETF Factor/Niche Premium Capture Tests

Some exchange-traded funds (ETF) focus on capturing potentially attractive factor premiums or thematic niches. Their histories offer a way to test these concepts live. We have conducted many such tests, listed here to offer a global view. “U.S. Equity Premium?” – evidence from simple tests on about 21 years of data suggests that stock market… Keep Reading

Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 6/19/23 – 6/23/23

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Morning Momentum and Afternoon Reversal for Stock Returns

Do morning and afternoon stock returns convey different meanings due to gradual dissipation of information asymmetry among traders during the trading day (as the market digests overnight news)? In their August 2022 paper entitled “A Tale of One Day: Morning Momentum, Afternoon Reversal”, Haoyu Xu and Xiaoneng Zhu investigate differences in implications for reversal and… Keep Reading

Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 3/6/23 – 3/10/23

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Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 10/17/22 – 10/21/22

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Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 2/28/22 – 3/4/22

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Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 8/22/22 – 8/26/22

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