• Corporate body language represents the non-verbal cues companies give the marketplace about their financial well-being, either intentionally or unintentionally. This is typically seen when companies change the date/time of a corporate event, or the content of that event.
• In the current trading environment, investors need to be a little more discerning when looking at data.
• The more information you have the better. Use this in conjunction with other bespoke data to build out your trading mosaic. Investors who track these changes can generate additional alpha or avoid risk in their portfolios.
• Academic research shows for example that when a company confirms a quarterly earnings date that is later than when they have historically reported, it’s typically a sign that the company will share bad news on their upcoming call, while moving a release date earlier would suggest the opposite.

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Christine Short, Head of Global Corporate Events Research at Wall Street Horizon, a TMX Company, is focused on analyzing and publishing insights on the fundamentals of publicly traded companies. A corporate earnings expert with over 15 years of experience, Christine’s research has been widely featured in top-tier financial news outlets such as WSJ, FT and Barron’s, and she has appeared on networks such as CNBC, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg. Prior to joining Wall Street Horizon, Christine covered corporate earnings research at Estimize, Standard & Poors, and Thomson Reuters.