Hedge funds and stock price formation Academic Article

abstract

• 2018 CFA Institute. All rights reserved. Using comprehensive quarterly data on hedge fund stock holdings, we study the role of hedge funds in the process of stock price formation. We find that hedge funds tend to hold undervalued stocks and that both hedge fund ownership and trading by hedge funds are positively related to the degree of stock mispricing. A portfolio of undervalued stocks with high hedge fund ownership generated a risk-adjusted return of 0.40% per month (4.8% annually), and the profit remained even after transaction costs. Hedge fund ownership and trades also precede the dissipation of stock mispricing. These patterns are either nonexistent or much weaker for other institutional investors. Our results suggest that hedge funds exploit and help correct mispricing but the process is not instantaneous.

authors

• Chen, Yong

published proceedings

• Financial Analysts Journal

author list (cited authors)

• Cao, C., Chen, Y., Goetzmann, W. N., & Liang, B.

complete list of authors

• Cao, C||Chen, Y||Goetzmann, WN||Liang, B

publication date

• January 2018

published in

• Financial Analysts Journal  Journal

start page

• 54

end page

• 68

volume

• 74

issue

• 3