Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market

This study attempts to shed light upon this controversy of the value of technical analysis by providing further empirical evidence as to whether technical trading can be used profitably. The efficient market hypotheis provides a theoretical basis to test it technical trading systems might work. This...

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Main Author: Tam , Kut Hing
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spelling my-mmu-ep.8752010-07-07T08:55:55Z Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market 2005-03 Tam , Kut Hing HG Finance This study attempts to shed light upon this controversy of the value of technical analysis by providing further empirical evidence as to whether technical trading can be used profitably. The efficient market hypotheis provides a theoretical basis to test it technical trading systems might work. This thesis examines 13 technical trading systems commonly used by Malaysian analysts, fund managers and investors. The mean returns from a sample of 38 KLCI linked stocks traded in and out on a technical basis are compared with the returns from a buy-and hold strategy for a seven year period from 1996 to 2002. Three sets of transaction costs are used to test the profitability of these 13 trading systems; the first set with zero transaction cost; the second set for retail trades at 0.84 percent and the third set for online trades at 0.44 percent. 2005-03 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/875/ http://myto.perpun.net.my/metoalogin/logina.php masters Multimedia University Research Library
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Tam , Kut Hing
Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
description This study attempts to shed light upon this controversy of the value of technical analysis by providing further empirical evidence as to whether technical trading can be used profitably. The efficient market hypotheis provides a theoretical basis to test it technical trading systems might work. This thesis examines 13 technical trading systems commonly used by Malaysian analysts, fund managers and investors. The mean returns from a sample of 38 KLCI linked stocks traded in and out on a technical basis are compared with the returns from a buy-and hold strategy for a seven year period from 1996 to 2002. Three sets of transaction costs are used to test the profitability of these 13 trading systems; the first set with zero transaction cost; the second set for retail trades at 0.84 percent and the third set for online trades at 0.44 percent.
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author Tam , Kut Hing
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title Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
title_short Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
title_full Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
title_fullStr Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
title_full_unstemmed Stock Market Efficiency And Technical Trading Systems: A Study Of The Malaysian Stock Market
title_sort stock market efficiency and technical trading systems: a study of the malaysian stock market
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