Study shows little evidence of portfolio pumping in S'pore stocks
CFA Institute: Stocks do not appear to fare worse than the STI the next trading day
Singapore
THE practice of driving up a stock's price at quarter-end or year-end to make fund returns over the period look better is sometimes cited as a reason for price movements in the local market around those key dates.
But a recent study by the CFA Institute argues that this phenomenon, called "portfolio pumping", has likely decreased over time and could now be less prevalent than thought.
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