Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah

This paper investigates the existence of the monthly effect in the Malaysia stock market between January 2004 and December 2015. The sample size is 144 and the data was obtained monthly. The data was partitioned into two-time frame which is sub-period basis and full period basis. For sub-period basi...

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Main Author: Arman Shah, Amelia Zasha
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Published: 2017
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spelling my-uitm-ir.948042024-05-29T16:40:54Z Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah 2017-01 Arman Shah, Amelia Zasha Investment, capital formation, speculation This paper investigates the existence of the monthly effect in the Malaysia stock market between January 2004 and December 2015. The sample size is 144 and the data was obtained monthly. The data was partitioned into two-time frame which is sub-period basis and full period basis. For sub-period basis, it was partitioned into three sub-periods which is pre-crisis period, crisis period and post-crisis period during the Global Financial Crisis while for full period basis it is partitioned into eleven months which is from January until November and used December as its benchmark. This research has failed to provide the existence of monthly effect in Kuala Lumpur Composite Index for the three sub-periods. However, when the full period was examined, the regression results found that the returns are negative and significant for August during the full period. 2017-01 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94804/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94804/1/94804.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor Bachelor of Business Administration (HONS) Finance Ismail, Noor Izah Shamsuddin, Shukri
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Ismail, Noor Izah
Shamsuddin, Shukri
topic Investment
capital formation
speculation
spellingShingle Investment
capital formation
speculation
Arman Shah, Amelia Zasha
Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
description This paper investigates the existence of the monthly effect in the Malaysia stock market between January 2004 and December 2015. The sample size is 144 and the data was obtained monthly. The data was partitioned into two-time frame which is sub-period basis and full period basis. For sub-period basis, it was partitioned into three sub-periods which is pre-crisis period, crisis period and post-crisis period during the Global Financial Crisis while for full period basis it is partitioned into eleven months which is from January until November and used December as its benchmark. This research has failed to provide the existence of monthly effect in Kuala Lumpur Composite Index for the three sub-periods. However, when the full period was examined, the regression results found that the returns are negative and significant for August during the full period.
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author Arman Shah, Amelia Zasha
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title Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
title_short Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
title_full Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
title_fullStr Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
title_full_unstemmed Calendar effect in Malaysia stock market / Amelia Zasha Arman Shah
title_sort calendar effect in malaysia stock market / amelia zasha arman shah
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor
granting_department Bachelor of Business Administration (HONS) Finance
publishDate 2017
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94804/1/94804.pdf
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