Information Content of Earnings Announcements
Author | : Christine X. Jiang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1305094367 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Information Content of Earnings Announcements written by Christine X. Jiang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study after-hours trading (AHT), price contributions, and price discovery following quarterly earnings announcements released outside of the normal trading hours. For Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 index stocks from 2004-2008, AHT is heightened on announcement days. A significant portion of the price change and price discovery occurs immediately after the earnings releases. Prices in AHT show a large degree of informational efficiency, further demonstrating the importance of price discovery in AHT. We also provide evidence suggesting that firms prefer after-hours earnings announcements, as trades are mainly from informed traders, and those trades are relied upon to convey information to the general public.