Prior studies indicate that institutional investors are informed, in the sense that their trades predict price changes. In this study we show that return predictive ability of institutions arises (after controlling for size, book-to-market, and momentum) mainly from institutional sales of...

This article investigates the impact of political uncertainty and abnormal market conditions on institutional trading behavior. The study finds that institutional investors are net buyers during abnormal market decreases and net sellers during abnormal market increases. Institutional investors'...

We examine how trading by institutional traders affects those by insiders. Using data at the trade level, we find insiders complete their trades faster when institutions trade on the same side in the stock. The effect of institutional activity on insider trading is more pronounced when insiders...