This paper presents evidence of the impact of overconfidence bias in asset prices drawn from a study based on data from tennis betting exchanges. A series of betting strategies in tournaments with a clear-cut favorite are shown to yield significant economic returns. The impact of overconfidence...

We find persistence in mutual fund performance both over consecutive time periods and in a multi-period setting. There is significant spread, persisting for at least two or three years, between the portfolio with funds from the top past return quintile and those from the bottom past return...

This paper tests the momentum effect in the Mexican Stock Exchange. We document a strong momentum effect for this stock market during the period 1993-2006. In addition, we also find that neither risk factors nor transaction costs can explain the returns of the momentum strategies in this market....

We find that momentum strategies yield profits in Latin American emerging markets. Both stock type and country play a major role in explaining the momentum effect in these markets, but stock type is much more important. For risk-averse investors, winner portfolios stochastically dominate loser...

En el presente trabajo se analiza el papel del riesgo asimétrico en la explicación del efecto momentum en el mercado de valores español. Inicialmente se ha observado una relación negativa y significativa entre la coasimetría de una cartera y su rentabilidad. Por este motivo se ha incluido...