by Angela Nicole Aldrich
Abstract
This paper explores the possibility of trading profitably based on information contained in email spam messages advertising certain stock trades. Through careful analysis of a basket of sixteen stocks that were recommended to my advisor and myself via unsolicited email spam, I conclude that the most effective way for investors to trade these stocks is to short-sell immediately upon initial receipt of a recommendation to buy.
Professor Bjorn Eraker, Faculty Advisor
JEL Codes: E2, G11,
