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Cumulative Abnormal Returns Delta, United, and American Airlines announced purchases of pl...

Cumulative Abnormal Returns Delta, United, and American Airlines announced purchases of planes on July 18 (7/18), February 12 (2/12), and October 7 (10/7), respectively. Given the following information, calculate the cumulative abnormal return (CAR) for these stocks as a group. Graph the result and provide an explanation. All of the stocks have a beta of 1, and no other announcements are made.

Delta

United

American

Date

Market Return

Company Return

Date

Market Return

Company Return

Date

Market Return

Company Return

7/12

‒.3

‒.5

2/8

‒.9

‒1.1

10/1

.5

.3

7/13

.0

.2

2/9

‒1.0

‒1.1

10/2

.4

.6

7/16

.5

.7

2/10

.4

.2

10/3

1.1

1.1

7/17

‒.5

‒.3

2/11

.6

.8

10/6

.1

‒.3

7/18

‒2.2

1.1

2/12

‒.3

‒.1

10/7

‒2.2

‒.3

7/19

‒.9

‒.7

2/15

1.1

1.2

10/8

.5

.5

7/20

‒1.0

‒1.1

2/16

.5

.5

10/9

‒.3

‒.2

7/23

.7

.5

2/17

‒.3

‒.2

10/10

.3

.1

7/24

.2

.1

2/18

.3

.2

10/13

.0

‒.1

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