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Does stealth trading coexist with high levels of insider trading? Evidence from Kuwait

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Stealth trading has been found to exist in the US, where informed investors submit medium-sized trades to reduce price impacts and camouflage their information. This paper reexamines this finding by placing the analysis in a different setting in which insider trading and private information sharing is very common during two different time periods — bull and bear markets. Using data on 34 stocks listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, I find that stealth trading exists in these two time periods. However, during bullish periods, stealth trading occurs through small-sized trades, while in bear markets, it occurs through medium-sized trades.

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  • Alhashel, Bader, 2015. "Does stealth trading coexist with high levels of insider trading? Evidence from Kuwait," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 112-118.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:glofin:v:27:y:2015:i:c:p:112-118
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2015.04.007
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    Keywords

    Stealth trading; Microstructure; Insider trading; Emerging market;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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