The importance of fear: investor sentiment and stock market returns

The presence of investor sentiment pushes asset prices away from the equilibrium level justified by underlying fundamentals. While sentiment is not directly observable, identifying appropriate proxies and, quantifying the impact of sentiment on asset prices is an important topic. Asset prices that d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smales, Lee
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51532