scholarly journals Media Coverage and Sustainable Stock Returns: Evidence from China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Yang ◽  
Jinsong Liu ◽  
Qianwei Ying ◽  
Tahir Yousaf
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Investor Attention ◽  
Monthly Data ◽  
News Reports ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the relationship between media coverage and stock returns using monthly data of news reports from major Chinese newspapers. We find that firms with higher media coverage in the current month have higher sustainable stock returns in the following months over a one-year period compared with those with lower media coverage, which means that media coverage has a more significant and positive influence on sustainable stock returns in the markets, dominated by individual/immature investors. These results are largely robust to various robustness checks. Further empirical results demonstrate that in the Chinese stock market, a higher level of media coverage might cause higher sustained investor attention, which may drive up the buying pressure and thus lead to higher sustainable stock returns in the following year. Our results show that the effect of media coverage on stock returns depends on the characteristics of investors.

scholarly journals Investor attention and the response of US stock market sectors to the COVID-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee A. Smales
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Information Discovery ◽  
Investor Attention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Volume ◽  
Global Stock Markets ◽  
Google Search ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Stock

PurposeCOVID-19 has had an immense impact on global stock markets, with no sector escaping its effects. Investor attention towards COVID-19 surged as the virus spread, the number of cases grew and its consequences imposed on everyday life. We assess whether this increase in investor attention may explain stock returns across different sectors during this unusual period.Design/methodology/approachWe adopt the methodology of Da et al. (2015), using Google search volume (GSV) as a proxy for investor attention to examine the relationship between investor attention and stock returns across 11 sectors.FindingsOur results demonstrate that heightened attention towards COVID-19 negatively influences US stock returns. However, relatively speaking, some sectors appear to have gained from the increased attention. This outperformance is centred in the sectors most likely to benefit (or likely to lose least) from the crisis and associated spending by households and government (i.e. consumer staples, healthcare and IT). Such results may be explained by an information discovery hypothesis in the sense that investors are searching online for information to enable a greater understanding of COVID-19's impact on relative stock sector performance.Originality/valueWhile we do not claim that investor attention is the only driver of stock returns during this unique period, we do provide evidence that it contributes to the market impact and to the heterogeneity of returns across stock market sectors.

Investor recognition and stock returns: evidence from China

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongquan Zhu ◽  
Lingling Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Monthly Return ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Merton’s model of capital market equilibrium under incomplete information predicts that contemporaneous stock returns are positively related to investor recognition and that future stock returns are negatively related to investor recognition. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate whether Merton’s theory holds true for the Chinese stock market. Design/methodology/approach This paper proposes the degree of shareholder base growth (SBG) as a proxy for investor recognition and examines the relationship between investor recognition and stock returns through a univariate analysis and Fama-Macbeth cross-sectional regressions based on A-Share listed firms. Findings The results show that investor recognition is nonlinearly and positively related to contemporaneous stock returns and is negatively related to future stock returns in contrast to the conclusions of Merton’s theory. A long-short trading strategy that involves buying stocks with the lowest SBG rate and that sells stocks with the highest SBG rate will earn an average monthly return of 3.615 percent. Research limitations/implications Though Merton’s theory is not fully reflected in the Chinese stock market, investor recognition is considered an important risk factor in the Chinese stock market. Originality/value No works have yet investigated the validity of Merton’s “investor cognition hypothesis” in relation to the Chinese stock market. This paper strives to fill this gap.

scholarly journals Essays on the Vietnam Stock Market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Informed Trading ◽  
Market Liquidity ◽  
Foreign Investor ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

<p>This thesis consists of three substantive studies about the Vietnam stock market. In particular, I study the asymmetric information, corporate governance (CG) practices, and foreign investment of publicly listed companies in Vietnam, presented in Chapters 2, 3, and 4, respectively.  In Chapter 2, I investigate the effectiveness of a market surveillance system (MSS) on improving the market quality of the Vietnam stock market, as measured by liquidity and informed trading level. I find that market liquidity decreased after the introduction of the MSS, and that the effect is more pronounced for small firms. Although informed trading, on average, does not change significantly after the MSS, subsample analysis indicates a significant decrease in informed trading among large and liquid firms.  In Chapter 3, I investigate the relationship between firms’ CG practices and informed trading. I find a negative relationship between the two variables. Firms with better CG practices have a lower level of informed stock trading. Moreover, a natural experiment on a shock of firms’ CG practices generated by the CG policies shows that the negative relationship between CG practices and informed trading is a causal one, in which a change in the former causes a change in the latter. In another analysis around the implementation of the MSS, I find that the implementation of the surveillance system affects the relationship between the two variables, and this effect is driven by large and liquid firms.  In Chapter 4, I investigate whether foreign investors in the Vietnam stock market are informed about firms’ performance. Using the residuals of foreign investor ownership as a measure of the abnormal foreign investor holding, I find that the abnormal foreign investor holding is positively correlated with firm performance in the following one year. I also find a positive correlation between abnormal foreign investor holding and the stock returns in the next three quarters. These findings indicate that foreign investors are informed about the firms up to a one-year period.</p>

scholarly journals Research on the Relationship between Trade Volatility, Property Rights and New Energy Stock Returns under the Background of New Energy Industry Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Qiyuan Peng
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Idiosyncratic Volatility ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Trade Volatility ◽  
The Relationship

The research on the relationship between risk and return of new energy stocks is the focus of financial research. Related research focuses more on the relationship between idiosyncratic fluctuation risk and stock returns. In the Chinese stock market, some Chinese investors clearly prefer stocks with high risk characteristics, which leads to overvalued stocks. However, the short-selling restrictions in the Chinese stock market and the heterogeneity of investors have also led to a significant negative correlation between idiosyncratic volatility and cross-sectional yield. There are many studies on the relationship between idiosyncratic volatility and stock returns, but no consistent conclusions have been drawn, and there is a lack of relevant research on new energy stocks. Therefore. This paper collates the data of 70 listed companies in the new energy and new energy automobile industry from 2017 to 2019, tracks the stock returns of sample companies for 3 years (36 months), and conducts in-depth research on the relationship between idiosyncratic fluctuation risks and new energy stock returns. To further verify and supplement the risk-return relationship of China's new energy stock market and provide a certain basis for the company's decision-making behaviour.

Investor attention is a risk pricing factor? Evidence from Chinese investors for self-selected stocks

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayong Dong ◽  
Keke Wu
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Investor Attention ◽  
Recognition Mechanism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exposure Factor ◽  
Risk Pricing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine whether investor attention is a significant risk pricing factor. Design/methodology/approach Using investor attention data from Eastmoney.com, which provides for each stock the number of investors whose watch list includes that stock on a daily basis, this paper constructs a “heat” factor based on the change in investor attention and a “market exposure” factor based on the proportion of attention on a given stock over the attention to all stocks. Using the Fama−MacBeth two-step regression and a rolling analysis, this study examines the ability of the investor attention factor to explain market returns. Findings The empirical results show that there exists a risk premium for the “heat” factor and “market exposure” factor that is significantly different from zero. This finding shows that investor attention can systematically influence stock returns, making it a significant risk pricing factor. Practical implications This paper’s research on the risk pricing factors of investor attention can help investors to rationally build investment portfolios, avoid risks and form a sound investment concept, which will further reveal the information recognition mechanism of the capital market and standardize the information disclosure behavior of listed companies. Originality/value This paper provides evidence that investor attention is a risk pricing factor for the stock market. There are “heat” factors and “market exposure” factors in the Chinese stock market that significantly affect the purchasing behavior of individual investors.

scholarly journals Essays on the Vietnam Stock Market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Informed Trading ◽  
Market Liquidity ◽  
Foreign Investor ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

<p>This thesis consists of three substantive studies about the Vietnam stock market. In particular, I study the asymmetric information, corporate governance (CG) practices, and foreign investment of publicly listed companies in Vietnam, presented in Chapters 2, 3, and 4, respectively.  In Chapter 2, I investigate the effectiveness of a market surveillance system (MSS) on improving the market quality of the Vietnam stock market, as measured by liquidity and informed trading level. I find that market liquidity decreased after the introduction of the MSS, and that the effect is more pronounced for small firms. Although informed trading, on average, does not change significantly after the MSS, subsample analysis indicates a significant decrease in informed trading among large and liquid firms.  In Chapter 3, I investigate the relationship between firms’ CG practices and informed trading. I find a negative relationship between the two variables. Firms with better CG practices have a lower level of informed stock trading. Moreover, a natural experiment on a shock of firms’ CG practices generated by the CG policies shows that the negative relationship between CG practices and informed trading is a causal one, in which a change in the former causes a change in the latter. In another analysis around the implementation of the MSS, I find that the implementation of the surveillance system affects the relationship between the two variables, and this effect is driven by large and liquid firms.  In Chapter 4, I investigate whether foreign investors in the Vietnam stock market are informed about firms’ performance. Using the residuals of foreign investor ownership as a measure of the abnormal foreign investor holding, I find that the abnormal foreign investor holding is positively correlated with firm performance in the following one year. I also find a positive correlation between abnormal foreign investor holding and the stock returns in the next three quarters. These findings indicate that foreign investors are informed about the firms up to a one-year period.</p>

A new look at the meeting clustering effect

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Pardo ◽  
Eddie Santandreu
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Investor Attention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Clustering Effect ◽  
Trading Volumes ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe study aims to test the existence of a meeting clustering effect in the Spanish Stock Exchange (SSE).Design/methodology/approachThis paper studies the relationship between the clustering of annual general meetings and stock returns in the SSE. A multivariate analysis is carried out in order to analyse the relationship between monthly returns and the clustering of general meetings in the SSE.FindingsThe authors show that meeting clustering exists and that some months exhibit significant and positive additional returns related to the holding of ordinary or extraordinary general meetings.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors have explored some possible explanations for the meeting clustering effect, such as a potential link with the “Halloween” effect or the presence of higher-than-normal levels of volatility, trading volumes or investor attention. However, none of these can explain the meeting clustering effect that emerges as a new anomaly in the SSE.Practical implicationsThe authors have documented significant and positive abnormal returns in some months that coincide with the holding of general meetings. Therefore, the holding of ordinary and/or extraordinary meetings in some months involves the release of relevant information for investors.Originality/valueThis study complements the financial literature because it is focused on the clustering of meetings and its effect on a stock market whose legal order is based on civil law. This fact allows us to shed new light on meeting clustering and its effect on other types of markets.

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