[http://www.justaaa.com/forum.php?do=Topic&fid=3&title=&content=The+latest+wave+of+schemes+build+off+the+behavioral+finance+literature.+This+"loser"+boutiques+strategy+was+first+listed+in+the+academic+literature+in+the+mid-1980s+and+greeted+as+vindication+by+contrarians.+Later+analysis+showed%2C+though%2C+that+almost+all+of+the+excess+returns+from+this+strategy+come+from+stocks+that+have+dropped+to+below+a+dollar+(the+biggest+losing+stocks+are+often+susceptible+to+this+problem).+Esty+Dwek%2C+head+of+global+market+strategy+at+Natixis+Investment+Managers.+And+in+my+journey%2C+I+discovered+a+more+dependable+source+of+financial+investment+in+the+kind+of+gemstones+like+gold.+The+biggest+culprit%2C+in+my+view%2C+is+transactions+costs%2C+defined+to+include+not+only+the+commission+and+brokerage+costs+but+two+more+significant+costs+-+the+spread+between+the+bid+price+and+the+ask+price+and+the+price+impact+you+have+when+you+trade.+The+bid-ask+spread+on+these+stocks%2C+as+a+percentage+of+the+stock+price%2C+is+huge+(20-25%25)+and+the+illiquidity+can+also+cause+large+price+changes+on+trading+-+you+push+the+price+up+as+you+buy+and+the+price+down+as+you+sell.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+reason+for+the+latter+effect+is+that+the+bid-ask+spread%2C+as+a+percent+of+the+stock+price%2C+tends+to+be+higher+for+low-priced+than+high-priced+stock.+Below+is+a+list+of+stocks+that+are+worth+watching+for+June+8%2C+2010.+Also%2C+check+out+some+of+the+biggest+stock+gainers+of+the+Day.+Removing+these+stocks+from+your+portfolio+eliminated+almost+all+of+the+excess+returns.+A+key+reason%2C+in+my+view%2C+is+that+transactions+costs+have+a+much+greater+impact+on+returns+than+we+realize.+Consider+one+simple+example:+stocks+that+have+lost+the+most+of+the+previous+year+seem+to+generate+much+better+returns+over+the+following+five+years+than+stocks+have+done+the+best.+Most+of+these+beat-the-market+approaches%2C+and+especially+the+well+researched+ones%2C+are+backed+up+by+evidence+from+back+testing%2C+where+the+approach+is+tried+on+historical+data+and+found+to+deliver+"excess+returns".+A+break+above+%241.15+would+be+bullish+and+you+could+see+additional+buyers+come+back+into+the+stock.+Improve+liquidity:+This+is+the+time+honored+argument+provided+by+many+companies+when+they+split+their+stock.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ARelated+articles:+%0D%0Ahttp:%2F%2Fmadefromscratch.agr.ng%2F+%0D%0Ahttp:%2F%2Fstaycation.agr.ng%2F+%0D%0Ahttp:%2F%2Fvacation.agr.ng%2F&btn=Ask+Question#say Humble Student Of The Markets: August 2021]