- Researchers study how investor attention changes stock prices quickly.
- They compare attention from small and large investors.
- The team uses Google search and Bloomberg news data.
- Small investor attention often rises with popular stock hype.
- Stocks with late small investor buying then fall later.
- Large investor attention tends to rise before company news.
- Stocks with high large-investor attention often rise next week.
- Broad market searches like Dow do not predict returns.
- These results help explain short-term market changes.
Difficult words
- investor — a person who buys stocks or assetsinvestors, large-investor
- attention — interest or focus on something or someone
- hype — a lot of public excitement about something
- predict — say what will happen in the future
- return — money gained or lost from an investmentreturns
- market — the system where people buy and sell stocks
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Discussion questions
- Do you search for company news online?
- Would you buy a stock because it is popular?
- Do you read news before buying a stock?
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