The impact of information announcements on stock volatility
by Ezenwa Sidney, Ahiwe
Title: | The impact of information announcements on stock volatility |
Author(s): | Ezenwa Sidney, Ahiwe |
Contributor(s): | Assumption University. Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics |
Issued date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Assumption University |
Citation: | AU Journal of Management 10, 1 (January-Jun 2012), 28-34 |
Abstract: |
Information is vital for everyday life. It affects investor's perception of what stock investment to under-
take in the stock market. Reacting to an announcement depends on how much impact the announcement is
meant to have on the market. This research aims to determine the impact of both foreign and domestic key
macroeconomic and microeconomic announcements on stock volatility of the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
The research was conducted on eight industries which comprises of27 sectors and over 500 stocks in these
sectors. The period of data collection was 2004 - 2007 and 2008 - 2010 which represents the pre-crisis and
post-crisis periods of the U.S. financial crisis, respectively. Results showed that the percentage number of
stocks of the Stock Exchange of Thailand that reacted to the impact of both foreign and domestic macroeco-
nomic and microeconomic announcements was below 40% and this is considered a small impact on the stock
volatility of the Thai stock market. The relationship of the information announcements and stock volatility was
seen to depend on the perception of market participants on the state of the economy. |
Description: |
In English ; abstract in English and Thai. |
Subject(s): | Assumption University -- Periodicals
Stockholders Stock price forecasting Stock exchanges |
Keyword(s): | AU Journal of Management
AU Journal of Management -- 2012 |
Resource type: | Journal Article |
Type: | Text |
File type: | application/pdf |
Language: | eng |
Rights: | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. |
URI: | http://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/14718 |
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