The Market Impact of Trends and Sequences in Performance: New Evidence

<link rid="b6">Bloomfield and Hales (2002)</link> find strong evidence that experimental market subjects are influenced by trends and patterns in a manner supportive of the shifting regimes model of <link rid="b3">Barberis, Shleifer, and Vishny (1998)</link>. We subject the model to further empirical scrutiny using the football wagering market as our price laboratory. Sports betting markets have several advantages over traditional capital markets as an empirical setting, and commonalities with traditional markets allow for useful insights. We find scant evidence that investors behave in accordance with the model. Copyright 2005 by The American Finance Association.