Mood Betas and Seasonalities in Stock Returns

David Hirshleifer, Danling Jiang and Yuting Meng

No 24676, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Existing research has documented cross-sectional seasonality of stock returns—the periodic outperformance of certain stocks during the same calendar months or weekdays. A model in which assets differ in their sensitivities to investor mood explains these effects and implies other seasonal patterns. We find that relative performance across individual stocks or stock portfolios during past high or low mood months and weekdays tends to recur/reverse in periods with congruent/noncongruent mood. Furthermore, assets with higher sensitivities to aggregate mood—higher mood betas — subsequently earn higher/lower returns during high/low mood periods, including those induced by Daylight Saving Time changes, weather conditions and anticipation of major holidays.

JEL-codes: D53 D91 G12 G14 G4 G41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-06
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Published as David Hirshleifer & Danling Jiang & Yuting Meng, 2020. "Mood Beta and Seasonalities in Stock Returns," Journal of Financial Economics, .

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