Stock Investment and Excess Returns: A Critical Review in the Light of the Efficient Market Hypothesis

Qianwei Ying, Tahir Yousaf, Qurat ul Ain, Yasmeen Akhtar and Muhammad Shahid Rasheed
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Qianwei Ying: Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Tahir Yousaf: Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Qurat ul Ain: School of Public Finance and Taxation, South Western University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 610065, China
Yasmeen Akhtar: Noon of Business School, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan
Muhammad Shahid Rasheed: Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan

JRFM, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: The expansion of investment strategies and capital markets is altering the significance and empirical rationality of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. The vitality of capital markets is essential for efficiency research. The authors explore here the development and contemporary status of the efficient market hypothesis by emphasizing anomaly/excess returns. Investors often fail to get excess returns; however, thus far, market anomalies have been witnessed and stock prices have diverged from their intrinsic value. This paper presents an analysis of anomaly returns in the presence of the theory of the efficient market. Moreover, the market efficiency progression is reviewed and its present status is explored. Finally, the authors provide enough evidence of a data snooping issue, which violates and challenges the existing proof and creates room for replication studies in modern finance.

Keywords: excess returns; efficient market hypothesis; data snooping; investment and capital markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C E F2 F3 G (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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