They analyzed each closing stock price before and after the date of a public announcement and found that the average stock price 120 days before a phase III clinical trial announcement showed an increase of 13.7 percent for companies that reported positive trials and a 0.7 percent drop for those reporting negative trial results ( here is the abstract).
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The productivity push freed up capital for share buybacks, and the stock price jumped an average of 118% a year from 2009 to 2012.
The holding accounts for 1.4% of his portfolio, and the stock price has declined 8% from the average price.
The average stock price-earnings ratio is about 14, or 20% cheaper than in 2007.
However, that changed into the 1990s, when announcement of a work-family initiative caused an immediate rise in stock price by, on average, .48%.
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Companies experienced an average abnormal stock price increase of .84% in the two days following an announcement of eco-friendly behavior.
According to one study, the company's stock price rose by an annual average of over 15% during the two decades Mr. Johnson led it, nearly twice the market average.
The purchase price represents a 40.0% premium over the average trading price of BCE's stock in 2007's first quarter, before privatization talk went public. (See " BCE Confirms Buyout Talks").
The other FEBTC shareholders, which include Japan's Sakura Bank with a 25% stake, will get 0.6992 of a BPI share for every FEBTC share - that's a 27% premium over FEBTC's average past-month stock price.
In a post-hoc analysis comparing average stock prices from 120 to 60 days before results were announced to the average price for the subsequent 60 days, those reporting positive results saw a mean increase in share price of 9.4 percent.
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Director, Senior Officer Pierre Carrier, bought 5, 000 shares of AMX stock on February 26, 2013 at the average price of 0.1.
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Mr. Mills said the shares will be issued at a price, which is the average of the stock's value over six months.
The stock has since declined 6% from his average purchase price.
Last quarter, RIM updated its guidance for the year and mentioned an expected shortfall in BlackBerry sales along with a lower average selling price for the smartphones (see RIM Guides Lower, Stock Sensitive to Market Share Decline).
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On a price-to-sales basis, the stock is trading in line with the peer group average of 2.57x.
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As CSCO nears this average price point, analysts may be inclined to cut their ratings on the stock as it becomes more fully valued.
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Also, instead of using a static exit and waiting for five days, use a dynamic price exit by exiting the trade when the stock closes above its five-day simple moving average (SMA).
At its current price, the stock is trading at 10 times his 2012 earnings esitmate, which is below the 2007 average of 13 times.
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With the average diversified equity fund in America returning 24% last year and the average bond fund earning 8.86%, generous fees may seem a reasonable price for expert stock-and bond-picking.
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