Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?

In this study, we examine the behavior of stock price changes in an emerging market to search for possible momentum incidents. Our findings indicate that the existence of momentum can be characterized by the state of the economy, which is significantly correlated with the down market. We argue that...

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Autores principales: Ahmad Ahmad, Adel Bino, Mohammad Tayeh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5eeddae29d8e4c7c8a0681fc09ff3afa2021-12-02T16:29:26ZHas the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1932238https://doaj.org/article/5eeddae29d8e4c7c8a0681fc09ff3afa2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1932238https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975In this study, we examine the behavior of stock price changes in an emerging market to search for possible momentum incidents. Our findings indicate that the existence of momentum can be characterized by the state of the economy, which is significantly correlated with the down market. We argue that this is due to investors, who have diminishing marginal utility of wealth and, in turn, behave in a risk-averse manner, resulting in loser portfolios being responsible for the vast majority of the observed momentum profitability. Furthermore, we find that momentum profitability is stronger with longer formation and holding periods, despite few cases of winners’ return reversals. Our findings remain robust after controlling for size and book-to-market and earnings-to-market ratios.Ahmad AhmadAdel BinoMohammad TayehTaylor & Francis Grouparticlemomentum profitsglobal financial crisisconservatismsizeearnings-to-marketbook-to-marketBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic momentum profits
global financial crisis
conservatism
size
earnings-to-market
book-to-market
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle momentum profits
global financial crisis
conservatism
size
earnings-to-market
book-to-market
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Ahmad Ahmad
Adel Bino
Mohammad Tayeh
Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?
description In this study, we examine the behavior of stock price changes in an emerging market to search for possible momentum incidents. Our findings indicate that the existence of momentum can be characterized by the state of the economy, which is significantly correlated with the down market. We argue that this is due to investors, who have diminishing marginal utility of wealth and, in turn, behave in a risk-averse manner, resulting in loser portfolios being responsible for the vast majority of the observed momentum profitability. Furthermore, we find that momentum profitability is stronger with longer formation and holding periods, despite few cases of winners’ return reversals. Our findings remain robust after controlling for size and book-to-market and earnings-to-market ratios.
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Mohammad Tayeh
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title Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?
title_short Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?
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title_fullStr Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?
title_full_unstemmed Has the current global financial crisis significantly affected momentum profitability?
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