Article | Finance area | Year 2018 | |
Calendar Effects and Investor Trading Behavior in Thai Stock Marketby Nareerat Taechapiroontong | |
Global and Stochastic Analysis 5(6), p.1-32 |
AbstractThis study investigates the calendar effectsin Thai stock market for
both the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Market for Alternative
Investment (MAI). We analyze the effects in different market conditions, up and
down markets; and bull and bear periods. More importantly, we also observe the
pattern of trading behavior of four investor types by focusing on average net
trading volume per day, month and quarter. Our empirical results confirm the
existence of day-of-the-week effects in Thai stock market. Although the Monday
effect does not exist in Thai stock market, the weekend effect and the turn-of-themonth
effect are found in SET and MAI. However, some results vary in different
market conditions. The December effect also exists in SET. However, there is no
December effect in MAI. Sell-in-May effect and October effect appear in MAI
during down market sub-period. Regarding quarter-of-the-year, there is no
significant different in the quarterly return for both SET and MAI.
Keywords: Calendar Anomalies, Bull, Bear, Thailand, Trading Behavior, The Stock Exchange of Thailand |