The authors examine the impact of a scandal on the information content in the "Heard on the Street" column of the "Wall Street Journal." Following the scandal in 1984, the column is found to have a reduced impact on stock prices for both buy and sell recommendations. However, the stock price...

This study examines if tradings on stocks based on the inside information about the "Heard on the Street" column of the Wall Street Journal could generate abnormal returns. The authors found significant abnormal returns on days t = -1 and t = 0 (publication date) for the stocks related to...