scholarly journals Retrospective Identification of Bull and Bear Markets: A New, But Simple Algorithm

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Hoepfner
Keyword(s):  
Simple Algorithm ◽  
Bear Markets ◽  
Bull And Bear Markets

Do Institutional Traders Predict Bull and Bear Markets?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahattin Buyuksahin ◽  
Celso Brunetti ◽  
Jeffrey H. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Bear Markets ◽  
Bull And Bear Markets

Weekend gold returns in bull and bear markets

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence E. Blose ◽  
Vijay Gondhalekar
Keyword(s):  
Bear Markets ◽  
Bull And Bear Markets

The impact of Mad Money recommendations during bull and bear markets

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Roszkowski ◽  
Nivine Richie
Keyword(s):  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Behavioral Finance ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Good News ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bear Market ◽  
Bear Markets ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Investor Reaction ◽  
Bull And Bear Markets

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine semi-strong market efficiency by observing the behavioral finance implications of Jim Cramer’s recommendations in bull vs bear markets. The authors extend the literature by analyzing investor reaction through the lenses of prospect theory, overreaction, and herding. Design/methodology/approach – The authors test for abnormal returns in response to Mad Money buy and sell recommendations. The authors use a sample of buy and sell recommendations from MadMoneyRecap.com from July 28, 2005 through February 9, 2009. The 3.5-year time period is the most recent and comprehensive set of Mad Money recommendations that has been tested to date. Findings – The results indicate market inefficiency at the semi-strong level. Furthermore, the findings highlight the loss aversion tendencies of investors in regards to prospect theory of Kahneman and Tversky (1979) as well as the disposition effect of Shefrin and Statman (1985). Evidence also exists consistent with the herding and overreaction hypotheses. Practical implications – The evidence suggests contrarian behavior in which investors respond positively to good news in bad times – perhaps, in effort to stay the course and at least break even. This behavior may suggest that losers tend to hold on to losses in hopes of recouping them. Thus, positive information in bad times could further persuade market participants to hang on to or buy more of losers, while also persuading non-shareholders to buy in as well. Originality/value – Though other studies including Kenny and Johnson (2010) have estimated abnormal returns in response to analyst recommendations, to the knowledge, none has examined behavioral implications of investor reaction to buy and sell recommendations in both bull and bear markets. Furthermore, the study captures a longer bull and bear market and covers two definitions of such markets.

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