Is Momentum an Echo?

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serval:BIB_0EB54A8208A6
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Is Momentum an Echo?
Journal
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Author(s)
Goyal  A., Wahal  S.
ISSN
0022-1090
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
50
Number
6
Pages
1237-1267
Language
english
Abstract
In the United States, momentum portfolios formed from 12 to 7 months prior to the current month deliver higher future returns than momentum portfolios formed from 6 to 2 months prior, suggesting an "echo" in returns. In 37 countries excluding the United States, there is no robust evidence of such an echo. In portfolios that combine securities in developed and emerging markets, or across three major geographic regions (Americas excluding United States, Asia, and Europe), there is also no evidence of an echo. Any echo in the United States appears to be driven largely by a carryover of short-term reversals from month -2.
Keywords
Stock returns, cross-section, market-efficiency, security returns, autocorrelation, seasonality, tests
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21/08/2019 6:17
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