Rule- and template-based pattern-recognition methods are alternative ways to identify various patterns in stock prices alongside more traditional econometric tools. In this paper, we generate an exterior template of mood scores from two perplexingly similar samples of mood scores fifty years...

We study the day of the week effect across size deciles and in three 18-year subperiods. The results show a decline in the magnitude of the day-of-the-week effect, but the effect did not vanish. We find that the decline in the magnitude of the effect is larger in the larger market capitalization...

In this article we test the weak form of the efficient market hypothesis for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) equity markets for the period 1999-2009. To test weak-form efficiency in the markets, this study uses autocorrelation analysis runs test and variance ratio test. We find that stock...

This paper investigates calendar anomalies for one emerging stock market (Bulgaria) and its matured counterpart in the Balkan region (Greece) during the period 2002–2008. Five popular calendar effects on both mean and variance are examined; the day of the week effect, the January effect, the...

Islamic investment is an emerging investment alternative even to withstand during financial turbulence. It is being demanded high in recent past because of its unique nature of socially responsible investment. This paper has examined the day of the week effect and weekend effect of S&P CNX Nifty...

This paper aims to examine the existence of calendar anomalies including month-of-year effect, turn-of-month effect, and weekend effect in Thai stock market. The stock return is computed from SET index during 1988 to 2009, and the SET50 index gathered since it was created in 1995. The unit root...

This study examines the effect of options trading on the January effect in the period 1996-2009. The options market offers investors an alternative trading venue that circumvents several trading limitations in the equity market and hence enables a higher level of arbitrage activities. In a...

This paper examines individual investors' trading behaviour by testing the presence of Monday and January anomalies on the Polish futures market, where individuals are the predominant trader type. Both anomalies are well established in the literature, and they are at least partially attributed...

Using data from the stock markets of Japan, the U.K, and France, this paper examines the distribution and source of value premium in average stock returns for the period 1975 through 2007. Results from this study indicate a January effect in value premium, which is valid and economically...

This research tries to find evidence for the Halloween effect by presenting an assessment of the profitability of the “Sell in May, and go away” investment strategy associated with this phenomenon. We present significant proof of the existence of the Halloween effect; it was observed in 29...