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lastlib

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3. Earnings (or expectations of earnings) DRIVE stock prices.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 09:30 AM

Apr 2022

Announcing earnings during trading hours could cause sufficient price fluctuations to trigger trading limits imposed by the exchanges.

And I think (not entirely sure) the exchanges themselves require it to prevent price manipulation.

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Why do they announce earnings after hours? [View all] bif Apr 2022 OP

To give those "in-the-know" ample chance... ret5hd Apr 2022 #1

To avoid the appearance/risk of insider trading on the news jmbar2 Apr 2022 #2

Earnings (or expectations of earnings) DRIVE stock prices. lastlib Apr 2022 #3

I figured it was something like that bif Apr 2022 #4