Corporate announcements on stock performance

Impact of corporate announcements on stock performance of public companies in transportation industry
In your project you are expected to analyse the corporate
announcements of public companies operating in transportation
industry. The student’s personal judgement on the impact of corporate
announcements on stock performance of the public companies in
transportation industry is imperative.
The following content is suggested for the analysis of the topic in
question.
Measure the stock performance, i.e. return of stock price, for
transportation companies listed on stock exchanges, e.g.
NASDAQ and NYSE
Discover and examine various public announcements of
transportation companies by conducting content analysis of
their press releases
Compare the stock performance with the public
announcements by correlating the data used to measure the
dependent variable (i.e. return of the stock prices) with the
data used to measure the independent variables (e.g. public
announcements about quarterly earnings)
Illustrate which corporate announcements had an impact on
transportation companies’ stock performanc