Seasonality in the Asia Pacific stock markets

Noor Azuddin Yakob (), Diana Beal and Sarath Delpachitra
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Noor Azuddin Yakob: School of Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Journal of Asset Management, 2005, vol. 6, issue 4, No 6, 298-318

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the issue of stock market seasonality in the Asia Pacific stock market. Using the most recent set of data, the paper employs the GARCH(1,1) and GARCH(1,1)-M models to study the day-of-the-week, month-of-the-year, monthly and holiday effects in ten Asia Pacific countries, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Overall, evidence to support the presence of day-of-the-week effect is documented in five countries, month-of-the-year effect is detected in eight countries, monthly effect is reported in six countries and holiday effect is found in four countries. In most cases, the calendar effects cannot be associated with conditional risk. This study shows that stock market seasonality is a global phenomenon, and it continues to persist today. Although the presence of seasonality implies a lack of informational efficiency in the respective stock market, this study does not refute the validity of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, as the presence of significant returns is not tantamount to abnormal profits. Further studies are necessary to ensure that stock market seasonality can yield significant returns in excess of transaction costs.

Keywords: seasonality; calendar effects; Asia Pacific; stock markets; GARCH; market efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jam.2240183

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