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Starting with Odean (1998): Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses? (Journal of Finance, Vol. 53, 1775-1798). The following table shows the shares in Trine's
Starting with Odean (1998): Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses? (Journal of Finance, Vol. 53, 1775-1798).
The following table shows the shares in Trine's portfolio on January 1, 2017. The table also shows information on the first purchase price for each stock.
Table 1. Trine`s portfolio on 1 January 2017 | ||
Stock | Number of shares | First purchase price |
A | 120 | 80 |
B | 30 | 100 |
C | 23 | 50 |
D | 34 | 12 |
Trine has actively traded in four different shares since the beginning of 2017: A, B, C, D.
On January 7, Trine buys 20 C shares and 10 D shares. On February 15, she sells 5 C-shares and buys 10 A-shares and 12 D-shares. On April 4, she sells 10 A-shares and 5 C-shares, and buys 6 B-shares. On April 6, she buys 20 C shares. On May 20, she sells the entire stock of the A, C and D shares. Table 2 shows price changes for the A, B, C, D and E shares for the entire period.
Price changes for the shares in 2017 | |||||
Day | A-stock | B-stock | C-stock | D-stock | E-stock |
7 January | 95 NOK | 100 NOK | 50 NOK | 23 NOK | 10 NOK |
15 February | 110 NOK | 120 NOK | 52 NOK | 27 NOK | 9 NOK |
4 April | 70 NOK | 80 NOK | 57 NOK | 40 NOK | 15 NOK |
6 April | 85 NOK | 70 NOK | 54 NOK | 40 NOK | 13 NOK |
20 May | 120 NOK | 25 NOK | 60 NOK | 47 NOK | 15 NOK |
Calculate the outflow effect for Trine for the period from 1 January 2017 until 20 May. Use the same method as Odean (1998) in his main analysis, using the first purchase price as the reference point. Describe your steps and your calculations in an understandable manner.
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