Short Selling Activities and Convertible Bond Arbitrage

Empirical Evidence from the New York Stock Exchange

Paperback Engels 2010 2010e druk 9783834918864
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The main cause of financial crisis may be found in the over-optimistic investing of b- ers that leads market prices away from fundamental values. However, in the aftermath of “excess” when stock markets tumble, it is usually the pessimists or short sellers who get publicly blamed. Despite the longstanding controversy on short selling activities, this market instrument remains a widely misunderstood concept by the public while it is an essential tool used by hedge funds for speculation and arbitrage. That is why it is important to investigate short selling for its different motivations and the resulting effect on stock returns, a subject whose empirical study is in its infancy. In his doctoral thesis, Sebastian examines convertible bond arbitrage, which is a typical hedge fund strategy that involves a long position in a convertible bond and a significant short position in the underlying stock. The short selling is employed as a hedge against movements in the stock price. With every change in the stock price, the hedge needs to be continuously readjusted, a practice which should lead companies with convertible bonds outstanding to have on average higher short selling activity than companies without convertible bonds. Furthermore, fundamental information should be processed differently in stocks with convertible bonds as stock price reactions based on the information are accompanied by the short selling of the convertible bond arbit- geurs.

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ISBN13:9783834918864
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:256
Uitgever:Gabler Verlag
Druk:2010

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Inhoudsopgave

Background and Empirical Predictions.- The Event Study Methodology.- Data, Full Sample and Variable Construction.- Difference in Abnormal Short Selling Activity Following Events of Large Positive Stock Price Changes.- Difference in Information Content of Extreme Short Selling Activity Events and the Impact on Stock Returns.- Overall Conclusion.

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