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From Market Anomalies to Behavioural Finance

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Some Well-known <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Anomalies</strong><br />

• Many market anomalies were observed : excessive<br />

volatility puzzle, the equity premium puzzle, slow<br />

adjustment of s<strong>to</strong>ck prices <strong>to</strong> earning announcements,<br />

initial under-pricing in IPO, prices of the closed-end<br />

fund, good performance of small-sized s<strong>to</strong>ck, good<br />

performance of value s<strong>to</strong>cks,···.<br />

• Loser s<strong>to</strong>cks out-perform winner s<strong>to</strong>cks<br />

– DeBondt & Thaler (1985)<br />

• Winner s<strong>to</strong>cks out-perform loser s<strong>to</strong>cks<br />

– Jegadeesh & Titman (1993)

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