Scott is a gifted artist and seemed to be from a very early…
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Scоtt is а gifted аrtist аnd seemed tо be frоm a very early age, even before he was exposed to any formal art training. His mother is also a gifted artist and worked with Scott on many art projects starting during adolescence. This is likely an example of which of the following?
A lаrge US cоnglоmerаte repоrted $182m net income for its third quаrter this year. The company’s net loss for the same quarter last year was $70m. Sales for the quarter were up to $1,528m as compared to $1,340m the previous year. The consensus analyst earnings forecast was $82m. The earnings were released at 4:30 pm on a Wednesday. The closing stock price for the week and the corresponding SP 500 index level are found in the following table: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Stock 6.86 6.56 6.70 7.29 7.05 SP 500 5348.59 5355.54 5359.60 5368.73 5365.64 In a conference call on Friday, the CEO complained that investors underestimated the importance of the earnings announcement. You run a regression on the stock (using return data, not price data as shown above) with Microsoft Excel where the SP 500 is the independent variable and get the following output: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.68060 R Square 0.46322 Adj. R Square 0.46106 Standard Error 0.01182 Observations 250 ANOVA df SS MS F Regression 1 0.02993 0.0299 214.0208 Residual 248 0.03468 0.0139 Total 249 0.06461 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Intercept 0.00004201 0.000748096 1.52613 0.128223 X Variable 1 0.77900235 0.051605542 14.6294 2.30867E-35 Do you feel that the increase in the share price was consistent with efficient securities market theory? Is the CEO’s conclusion correct or incorrect? Explain and show any calculations (to get full marks you must calculate the abnormal return).