Hot Potatoes: Underpricing of Stocks following Extreme Negative Returns

54 Pages Posted: 19 Jan 2021 Last revised: 2 Jan 2023

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Mustafa Onur Caglayan

Florida International University

Edward R. Lawrence

Florida International University (FIU) - Department of Finance

Robinson Reyes-Peña

Florida International University

Date Written: January 2, 2023

Abstract

Although investors accept a negative premium for lottery-like stocks, it is puzzling that the opposite effect is not observed among stocks experiencing large daily losses. We find that many stocks that experience large negative daily returns (MIN) also display large positive daily returns (MAX); therefore the MIN effect is subdued. Once stocks ranked as high-MAX within MIN deciles are removed, we find that the MIN effect produces significantly higher next-month returns. The subsequent-month returns following MIN are particularly higher when stocks experience negative cumulative monthly returns, when firm-specific investor sentiment is low, and when stocks are near their 52-week lows.

Keywords: extreme returns, large daily losses, underpricing

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G17

Suggested Citation

Caglayan, Mustafa Onur and Lawrence, Edward R. and Reyes-Peña, Robinson, Hot Potatoes: Underpricing of Stocks following Extreme Negative Returns (January 2, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3760190 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3760190

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Edward R. Lawrence

Florida International University (FIU) - Department of Finance ( email )

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Robinson Reyes-Peña

Florida International University ( email )

University Park
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
United States

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