Market Efficiency and Stock Investment Loss Aversion Guide During COVID-19 Pandemic Events: The Case for Applying Data Mining

Yen-Chang Chen and Ying-Sing Liu

SAGE Open, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 21582440231215956

Abstract: This study explores the late coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly, 2022Q1 to 2022Q3, to analyze the stock returns of industries expected to have a direct impact. The aim is to identify the factors influencing stock returns and to provide investment strategies, focusing on investment risk control (loss aversion). A total of 193 common stocks listed on the Taiwanese stock market were collected from four major industries: sports, restaurants, biotechnology, and epidemic prevention. Using the past information set (2021Q4): variables in three dimensions—firm characteristics, financial indicators, and corporate governance—are used to construct a stock investment strategy model. Empirical evidence shows the existence of differences in the stock investment advantages of some industries and firm characteristics and the lack of investment advantages of epidemic prevention stocks in 2020. The decision-tree model has a precision of 79.4% and an accuracy of 72.0%. The five most important factors affecting stock returns are market value, cash flow adequacy ratio, return on assets, Tobin’s Q , and price/book value. The scheme inducting three types of losses of return (loser) and one type of profit (winner) is summarized for reference. Second, it confirms the correlation between past information sets and stock returns, suggesting that Taiwan’s stock market was inefficient during the late stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, this study’s findings can be used as a reference for future fund managers and investors when handling similar events. JEL Classification: G11, G14, C88, I15

Keywords: the late COVID-19 pandemic event; loss aversion; data mining; financial indicators; firm characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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