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Abnormal returns

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Abnormal returns
The component of the return that is not due to systematic influences (market-wide influences). In other words, the abnormal returns is the difference between the actual return and that is expected to result from market movements (normal return). Related: excess returns.

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Given that the market has had a day to digest Kirk Kerkorian's offer, to evaluate it and reach a consensus regarding GM stock prices, it's doubtful that any abnormal returns are to be had by trading GM now.
Positive and statistically significant average abnormal returns will suggest firm value is enhanced by inclusion of the firm in the MSCI USA Index.
No matter how skillful the trading scheme, over the long haul, abnormal returns are sustained only through abnormal exposure to risk.
 
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