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From the Archives: WOM Affects Holdings and Trades of Money Managers

A mutual fund manager is more likely to buy (or sell) a particular stock in any quarter if other managers in the same city are buying (or selling) that same stock, according to a paper published in the December 2004 issue the Journal of Finance. The effects of WOM were found to be distinct and separate from local preferences. That is, WOM had a greater effect and emerged even when local stocks were completely excluded from the analysis.

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Posted by WOMMA Editor on July 26, 2006 5:03 PM

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