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Investors need cash on a calendar. The stocks they sell may follow a pattern. Nathan, Suominen and Tasa connect month-end funding needs to pressure on recent losers.
The full analysis examines the study and the practical question behind it: The paper reports a sharp contrast in loser-stock returns inside and outside a six-day window. What survives a portfolio test?
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