Can Insider Trading Information Be a Useful Tool for Investment Managers? A Review
19 Pages Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Date Written: August 28, 2018
Abstract
Predominant finance theories by academics suggest that achieving consistent outsized returns in the stock market is not possible because the market is efficient. Can legal insider trading disclosure data reported to the SEC provide an effective tool for identifying investments?
Keywords: Efficient market hypothesis; Electronic filings; Ethics; Financial market anomaly; Insider trading; Insider transactions; Inside information; information content; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Stock returns
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Koch, Christian, Can Insider Trading Information Be a Useful Tool for Investment Managers? A Review (August 28, 2018). 2018 Engaged Management Scholarship Conference: Philadelphia, PA, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3240217 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3240217
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