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Are Monthly Seasonals Real? A Three Century Perspective


Cherry Yi Zhang


Massey University - School of Economics and Finance

Ben Jacobsen


New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study; Massey University - Department of Economics and Finance, Albany

September 6, 2012

The Review of Finance, Forthcoming

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Over 300 years of UK stock returns reveal that well-known monthly seasonals are sample specific. For instance, the January effect only emerges around 1830. Most months have had their 50 years of fame, showing the importance of long time series to safeguard against sample selection bias, noise, and data snooping. The overall conclusion is that monthly seasonals might simply be in the eye of the beholder.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 74

Keywords: Historical Data, Stock Return Seasonality, January Effect, Seasonal Anomalies, Sell in May, Halloween Indicator, Tax Loss Selling

JEL Classification: G10, G14

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Date posted: October 26, 2010 ; Last revised: September 6, 2012

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Zhang, Cherry Yi and Jacobsen, Ben, Are Monthly Seasonals Real? A Three Century Perspective (September 6, 2012). The Review of Finance, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1697861 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1697861

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Cherry Yi Zhang (Contact Author)
Massey University - School of Economics and Finance ( email )
New Zealand
Ben Jacobsen
New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study ( email )
Auckland
New Zealand
Massey University - Department of Economics and Finance, Albany ( email )
Auckland
New Zealand
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