Stock price volatility impacts merger activity in several respects, including dampening the merger activity itself, is the conclusion of a new report. When stock volatility is on the rise, this negatively impacts merger activity, the research paper “The Real Effects of Uncertainty on Merger Activity” found. The paper was authored by Vineet Bhagwat from the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon; Robert Damb from the Department of Management, United States Air Force Academy and Jarrad Harford at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. Volatility negatively influences investment The research is unique from three standpoints. First,…
Stock Volatility Negatively Impacts Merger Activity
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.