A note on the turn of the month and year effects in international stock returns

Mohammed Khaled () and Stephen Keef

The European Journal of Finance, 2012, vol. 18, issue 6, 597-602

Abstract: This examination of the turn of the month (TOM) and turn of the year (TOY) effects in 50 international stock indices, for the period 1994--2006, characterises the degree that the effects are influenced by: (i) the gross domestic product of the economy, (ii) the sign of the return on the prior day (called the prior day effect), (iii) a temporal indicator and (iv) the Monday effect. These effects are assessed by the use of an estimated generalised least squares (EGLS) panel regression model incorporating panel-corrected standard errors. Three important results relating to the TOM and TOY effects are observed. When the prior day effect on control days is used as the reference and controls are made for market development and year, we find that: (i) there is a relatively enhanced return on all TOM days, (ii) there is a relatively enhanced return on good TOY days and (iii) returns of bad TOY days are not remarkable.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2011.617379

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