Stock Return Cross-Autocorrelations and Market Conditions in Japan

Allaudeen Hameed and Yuanto Kusnadi
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Allaudeen Hameed: National University of Singapore
Yuanto Kusnadi: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Journal of Business, 2006, vol. 79, issue 6, pages 3029-3056

Abstract: We show that changes in market conditions significantly affect cross-autocorrelations and speed of adjustment in weekly stock returns. We find significant positive cross-autocorrelations between weekly returns on a portfolio of small firms and lagged large-firm portfolio returns only when the lagged aggregate market has experienced a decline in value. These positive-return cross-autocorrelations are also associated with lower abnormal portfolio trading volume and greater delays in the adjustment of individual stock prices to (negative) market-wide information, particularly for small firms. The effect of lagged market states cannot be explained by market microstructure biases such as nonsynchronous trading or thin trading.

Date: 2006

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