| Summary: | Over the past decade, with the transition in economy, stock market has gained a tremendous popularity from the public. Majority of investors today are retail investors who seeks to outsmart the market in order to profit. This study aims to use panel data to study the relationship between fundamental factors and stock returns. Model wise, both common effect model and random effects model are much alike in terms of coefficient signs and significant. As for fixed effect model, the variables have a much stronger explanatory power compared to random effect model. After 3 series of test, fixed effect model was found to be the best model for this study.
From the result of this study, we found that out of all 11 different variables, earning yield tend to have the strongest explanatory power towards stock returns follow by dividend yield and dividend per share, while the remaining 8 variables tend to have a relatively weak or close to zero explanatory power on stock returns. Furthermore, 4 out 11 variables are found to be significant, while the rest are rejected at a 95% confidence level.
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