Many Day-of-the week anomaly papers have suggested investor behaviour as the explanation of highly differentiated returns on Mondays; yet, rarely found a paper has empirically investigated it. Therefore, this paper proposes Moon-Induced mood as the determinant of that irrational behaviour. This...

Several studies have been employed to discuss the link between weather and market returns. However, our research is different in three ways. We employed in tropical country, added extreme condition, and covering the entire Indonesia weather proportionally. This paper revisits the weather-induced...

Purpose – This research aims to explore and explain the determinants of irrational financial decision making, especially the day-of-the week anomaly, by using psychological approach. Design/methodology/approach – As it is a conceptual paper, this research explores the psychological biases...

Purpose – This article aims to examine how investor moods and aggressiveness differ in their state and influence investor stock market performance associated with the moon phase. The mechanisms and impact of full moon gravity on investor stock trading performance are explored through an...

The pleasure of obtaining gains and the pain of incurring losses is a powerful motivating factor determining the trading behaviour of investors. The evaluation of gains and losses is dependent on the reference point. The purpose of this research is fourfold. Firstly, we investigate whether daily...

With regards to determining whether herding is spontaneous and irrational behavior causing the Day-of-the-week anomaly, this paper intersects the Christie and Huang (1995) herd behaviour model with French's (1980) Day-of-the-week model in several layers of tests. We use firm-level data and...

We investigate the stock market overreaction in Bursa Malaysia from January 2000 to October 2010 using weekly data. We find that winner portfolios tend to have negative returns whereas loser portfolios have positive returns for various holding periods from 1 to 52 weeks. Loser stocks experience...

This study examines the level of cointegration of ASEAN-5 stock markets and the developed stock market of the USA. It also seeks to find out the effects of crises with a political nature on this cointegration. Five stock indices -- SES, KLCI, STE, PSE and JSX -- and the stock index of the NYSE...

This study investigates long run overreaction and seasonal effects for Malaysian stocks quoted on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), for the period 1986-1996. Stocks exhibiting extreme returns relative to the market over a three year period experience a reversal of fortunes during the...