Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets

This is an empirical study on the influences of moon on seven stock markets, which are Indonesia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. The period is from January 1999 until December 2009 in daily basis. This study investigates the relationship between moon ph...

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Main Authors: Brahmana, Rayenda Khresna, Zamri, Ahmad, Hooy, Chee-Wooi
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Language:English
Published: Research Gate 2012
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author Brahmana, Rayenda Khresna
Zamri, Ahmad
Hooy, Chee-Wooi
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Zamri, Ahmad
Hooy, Chee-Wooi
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description This is an empirical study on the influences of moon on seven stock markets, which are Indonesia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. The period is from January 1999 until December 2009 in daily basis. This study investigates the relationship between moon phase and market returns. We divided moon phases into new moon and full moon. While literature mention the relationship between moon phase and market returns, our research reject the null hypothesis in regression analysis. However, the descriptive catches the indication and confirmed previous research. It also proposes that the market is still rational and not moon-mood influenced. This result is not contending the EMH theorem. Further research is needed in term of investigating the relationship between psychology factors (heuristic bias, information ignorance, and other factors) and investor behavior. The effect of moon on certain anomalies has to examine specifically.
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spelling unimas-96672016-04-14T06:54:03Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9667/ Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets Brahmana, Rayenda Khresna Zamri, Ahmad Hooy, Chee-Wooi HG Finance This is an empirical study on the influences of moon on seven stock markets, which are Indonesia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. The period is from January 1999 until December 2009 in daily basis. This study investigates the relationship between moon phase and market returns. We divided moon phases into new moon and full moon. While literature mention the relationship between moon phase and market returns, our research reject the null hypothesis in regression analysis. However, the descriptive catches the indication and confirmed previous research. It also proposes that the market is still rational and not moon-mood influenced. This result is not contending the EMH theorem. Further research is needed in term of investigating the relationship between psychology factors (heuristic bias, information ignorance, and other factors) and investor behavior. The effect of moon on certain anomalies has to examine specifically. Research Gate 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9667/1/Moon%20Effect%20on%20Pacific%20Basin%20Stock%20Markets.pdf Brahmana, Rayenda Khresna and Zamri, Ahmad and Hooy, Chee-Wooi (2012) Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets. Indonesian Capital Market Review, 3 (2). pp. 117-126. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/257938580_Moon_Effects_on_Pacific_Basin_Stock_Market
spellingShingle HG Finance
Brahmana, Rayenda Khresna
Zamri, Ahmad
Hooy, Chee-Wooi
Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title_full Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title_fullStr Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title_full_unstemmed Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title_short Moon Effect on Pacific Basin Stock Markets
title_sort moon effect on pacific basin stock markets
topic HG Finance
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9667/1/Moon%20Effect%20on%20Pacific%20Basin%20Stock%20Markets.pdf