Mining the Short Side: Institutional Investors and Stock Market Anomalies
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
5-2023
Abstract
This article investigates the short-side anomaly trading behavior of alternative mutual funds (AMFs) based on their short positions in U.S. domestic equities. In aggregate, AMFs demonstrate the ability to exploit well-documented stock market anomalies on the short side, and the overpriced stocks sold short by AMFs generate significant negative alpha. Further, AMFs’ short-side trades exhibit significant return predictability, which can at least partially derive from their ability to process public information on firm and anomaly characteristics. Finally, AMFs’ short-side anomaly-based trading activity and profitability appear to be more pronounced among the stocks with higher credit risk or dynamic short-selling risk.
DOI
10.1017/S0022109022000527
Recommended Citation
Gao, X., & Wang, Y. (2023). Mining the short side: Institutional investors and stock market anomalies. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 58(1), 392-418. Doi:10.1017/S0022109022000527
