stock prices will
respond to announcements only when the information being announced is
new and unexpected
.
If the news is expected, there will be no stock price
response. This is exactly what the evidence we described earlier, which shows that
stock prices reflect publicly available information, suggests will occur.
Sometimes an individual stock price declines when good news is announced.
Although this seems somewhat peculiar, it is completely consistent with the work-
ings of an efficient market. Suppose that although the announced news is good, it
is not as good as expected. HFC s earnings may have risen 15%, but if the market
expected earnings to rise by 20%, the new information is actually unfavourable,
and the stock price declines.
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