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Anomalies and Their Short‐Sale Costs

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  • DMITRIY MURAVYEV
  • NEIL D. PEARSON
  • JOSHUA M. POLLET

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Short‐sale costs eliminate the abnormal returns on asset pricing anomaly portfolios. While many anomalies persist out‐of‐sample before accounting for short‐sale costs, they cannot be exploited with long‐short strategies due to stock borrow fees. Using a comprehensive sample of 162 anomalies, the average long‐short portfolio return is a significant 0.14% per month before short‐sale costs, and the returns are due to the short leg. However, the average is −0.01% once returns are adjusted for borrow fees. Moreover, anomalies are not profitable even before fees if the high‐fee observations, representing 12% of stock dates, are excluded from the analysis.

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  • Dmitriy Muravyev & Neil D. Pearson & Joshua M. Pollet, 2025. "Anomalies and Their Short‐Sale Costs," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 80(6), pages 3639-3694, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jfinan:v:80:y:2025:i:6:p:3639-3694
    DOI: 10.1111/jofi.13501
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    1. Xu, Zhiwei & Yang, Yinan & Zhang, Teng, 2026. "Investor disagreement and state-dependent mispricing: New evidence on the analyst dispersion anomaly," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    2. Chen, Huaizhi, 2025. "Diversification driven demand for large stock," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).

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