An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China
We show the effect of investor anxiety on momentum in the Chinese stock market. In this market dominated by retail investors, we examine the momentum profits in 900 types of daily testing periods. We find prevalent price reversals in the long formation and holding periods in the Chinese A-share mark...
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| description | We show the effect of investor anxiety on momentum in the Chinese stock market. In this market dominated by retail investors, we examine the momentum profits in 900 types of daily testing periods. We find prevalent price reversals in the long formation and holding periods in the Chinese A-share market. Compared to Goyal and Wahal (2015), Wang and Xie (2010), and Kang et al. (2002) who found no momentum, our novel finding from a daily basis is that the A-share market presents price momentum within the short formation and holding periods. We first test the momentum profits under different strengths of anxiety in the A-share market. The stocks held by the least anxious investors elicit the strongest price momentum, whereas the stocks held by the most anxious investors encounter much weaker price momentum in the A-share market. According to our empirical outcomes, the A-share market overall exhibits higher anxiety and weaker momentum, whereas the B-share market embodies milder anxiety and stronger momentum. From the results of single market and cross-market comparisons, the intrinsic anxiety of retail investors is an essential factor stimulating the Chinese stock market to be prone to price reversals. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb02c56ba25545928ef7b5662daae6402025-02-03T06:45:48ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262020-01-01202010.1155/2020/65647316564731An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in ChinaHung-Wen Lin0Kun-Ben Lin1Jing-Bo Huang2Xia-Ping Cao3Business School, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, ChinaLingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaWe show the effect of investor anxiety on momentum in the Chinese stock market. In this market dominated by retail investors, we examine the momentum profits in 900 types of daily testing periods. We find prevalent price reversals in the long formation and holding periods in the Chinese A-share market. Compared to Goyal and Wahal (2015), Wang and Xie (2010), and Kang et al. (2002) who found no momentum, our novel finding from a daily basis is that the A-share market presents price momentum within the short formation and holding periods. We first test the momentum profits under different strengths of anxiety in the A-share market. The stocks held by the least anxious investors elicit the strongest price momentum, whereas the stocks held by the most anxious investors encounter much weaker price momentum in the A-share market. According to our empirical outcomes, the A-share market overall exhibits higher anxiety and weaker momentum, whereas the B-share market embodies milder anxiety and stronger momentum. From the results of single market and cross-market comparisons, the intrinsic anxiety of retail investors is an essential factor stimulating the Chinese stock market to be prone to price reversals.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6564731 |
| spellingShingle | Hung-Wen Lin Kun-Ben Lin Jing-Bo Huang Xia-Ping Cao An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China Complexity |
| title | An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China |
| title_full | An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China |
| title_fullStr | An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China |
| title_short | An Anecdote of Investor Anxiety and Momentum in China |
| title_sort | anecdote of investor anxiety and momentum in china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6564731 |
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