Marketwide Predictable Price Pressure

60 Pages Posted: 26 May 2021 Last revised: 26 Dec 2023

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Samuel M. Hartzmark

Boston College - Carroll School of Management

David H. Solomon

Boston College - Carroll School of Management

Date Written: May 25, 2021

Abstract

We demonstrate that predictable uninformed cash flows forecast aggregate market stock returns. Buying pressure from dividend payments (announced weeks prior) predicts higher value-weighted market returns, with returns for the top quintile of payment days four times higher than the lowest. This holds internationally, and increases when reinvestment is high and market liquidity is low. We estimate a market-level price multiplier of 1.9. These results suggest price pressure is a widespread result of flows, not an anomaly.

Keywords: Price Pressure, dividends, asset pricing, market returns, predictable returns

JEL Classification: G02, G12

Suggested Citation

Hartzmark, Samuel M. and Solomon, David H., Marketwide Predictable Price Pressure (May 25, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3853096 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3853096

Samuel M. Hartzmark (Contact Author)

Boston College - Carroll School of Management ( email )

140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
United States

David H. Solomon

Boston College - Carroll School of Management ( email )

140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
United States

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