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Gain-loss asymmetry for emerging stock markets.

Magdalena A. Zaluska-Kotur 1Krzysztof Karpio 2Arkadiusz J. Orłowski 1,2

1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, al. Lotników 32/46, Warszawa 02-668, Poland
2. Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, Warszawa 02-787, Poland

Abstract

Stock indices for European emerging markets are analyzed using investment horizon approach. Gain-loss asymmetry, originally found for American DJIA index, is observed for all analyzed data. It is shown, that this asymmetry has different character for emerging and for established markets. Austrian ATX index and Dow Jones have been studied and compared with several emerging European markets. When optimal investment horizon is plotted as a function of absolute return value, for established markets gain curve lies typically above loss curve, whereas in the case of emerging markets the situation is opposite. In the latter case one has to wait longer for loss than for gain of the same return value. We propose a measure quantifying the gain-loss asymmetry that clearly exhibits a difference between emerging and established markets.

 

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See On-line Journal of 2 Ogólnopolskie Sympozjum "Fizyka w Ekonomii i Naukach Społecznych"

Submitted: 2006-02-21 11:20
Revised:   2009-06-07 00:44