The Name Game: The Importance of Resourcefulness, Ruses, and Recall in Stock Ticker Symbols

Gary Smith, Naomi Baer () and Erica Barry ()
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Naomi Baer: Pomona College
Erica Barry: Pomona College

Economics Department, Working Paper Series from Economics Department, Pomona College

Abstract: Previous research reported that a portfolio of stocks with clever ticker symbols outperformed the overall market by a significant margin during the years 1984 to 2005. This paper reports the performance of those stocks during the subsequent years 2006 to 2018, and also investigates the 2006-2008 performance of a new set of clever-ticker stocks. Both clever-ticker portfolios beat the market by a substantial margin, supporting the resiliency of the clever-ticker phenomenon.

Keywords: ticker symbols; efficient market hypothesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-01-01, Revised 2019-06-04
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