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Predicting Excess Returns with Public and Insider Information: The Case of Thrift Conversions

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  • James A. Wilcox and Zane D. Williams.

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We hypothesize that mutual thrifts often converted to stock ownership when the returns to conversion were predicted to be high. We show that excess returns on the initial public offerings (IPOs) of thrift conversions during the 1990s were predictable with publicly available data. The same conditions that predicted higher excess returns on thrift conversions also predicted that conversion was more likely. Higher predicted excess returns significantly raised the amounts of the IPOs that insiders at converting thrifts purchased. Data for insider purchases, which were publicly available before the first day of trading, further helped the public predict excess returns.

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  • James A. Wilcox and Zane D. Williams., 1998. "Predicting Excess Returns with Public and Insider Information: The Case of Thrift Conversions," Research Program in Finance Working Papers RPF-283, University of California at Berkeley.
  • Handle: RePEc:ucb:calbrf:rpf-283
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    1. Friesen, Geoffrey C. & Swift, Christopher, 2009. "Overreaction in the thrift IPO aftermarket," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 33(7), pages 1285-1298, July.
    2. Radha Shiwakoti & Robert Hudson & Helen Short, 2005. "A study of the initial returns and the aftermarket performance of initial public offerings of demutualized building societies in the UK," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(7), pages 403-409.

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