Stock market overreacts to both anticipated and unanticipated stock-specific news. But even in the absence of any firm-specific news, evidences of extreme price changes have been observed in the stock market. This particular phenomenon creates the need of further study to examine the existence of overreaction even if there is no specific public news in the market. The present study tries to find out how stocks overreact in the case of unspecified events in comparison to specified news in the Indian stock market. Specified events can be monitored up to a certain extent because of their known and repetitive nature. The magnitude of uniqueness of the unspecified events increases uncertainty. Information diffusion is more asymmetric, which leads to more stock market overreaction. The study also examines whether there is a relationship between the magnitude of price reversals and the magnitude of gain or loss in the stock market return. Significant cumulative abnormal returns are found, indicating the existence of an overreaction effect. It is also found that the magnitude of price reversal is inversely proportional to the stock return during the event period. The overreaction effect continues up to about two days after the event date, for the present sample. Thus, the study provides an understanding of overreaction effects, which would enable investors to prepare trading strategies for higher returns. It can be said that the Indian stocks show strong overreaction and reversal effect. It shows that a trading strategy can be used to make contrarian profit from the overreaction and reversal exhibited by the Indian stocks. An investor could buy the largest percentage losers stocks or sell largest percentage gainers stocks, then sell the former one and buy the latter one after two trading days. In this way, the optimum utilization of overreaction effects may increase investors' return. Overreaction is more prominent in the case of unspecified events rather than specified events. Stock prices overreact to private news but underreact to subsequent public announcements. Overreaction increases due to information asymmetry and leakage. In the case of any macro/global issues, overreaction is also more because of market integration and globalization.
Market Overreaction is a very familiar and age-old craze amongst traders. Pigou (1929) defined it as a 'conducting rod along which an error of optimism or pessimism, once generated, propagates itself about the business world.' The question of whether or not Indian stock prices market is overreacted during any stock-specific news is best answered by a comprehensive and concurrent analysis of the various tests and data available while using the event study.This study wants to address the impact of size, volatility and asymmetry in the terms of investors' overreaction to the firm-specific news not only individually but also jointly. The outcome of this study helps to solve the problem concerning the extent to which quarterly announcements have informational content, and whether the investors are affected by the signals. The present study substantiates the policy recommendation for the market players as well as for the analysts in estimating earning announcement events under different market condition and different market capitalization value of the firm.
Financial Self-efficacy is defined as a person’s observed capability to control his/her personal finances (Lapp, 2010; Postmus, 2011). It refers to one’s beliefs in the abilities to accomplish a financial goal or task. It is the “knowledge and ability to influence and control one’s financial matters” by Fox and Bartholomae (2008). Financial efficacy pattern of people during very critical moment is unknown. The world is experiencing one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression in the 1930s owing to the novel coronavirus, World Bank President David Malpass has said, terming the COVID-19 pandemic a “catastrophic event” for many developing and the poorest countries. Aim of the study is to examine financial efficacy pattern of people during lockdown period for COVID-19. Data were collected through online mode using financial efficacy scale developed by authors for the study. Results of principal component analysis revealed that during lockdown, financial efficacy is more concerned with financial planning, planned payment and financial coping.
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