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Do Industries Lead Stock Markets? A Reexamination
Journal of Empirical Finance (2015)
  • Yiuman Tse, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Abstract
Hong et al. (2007) report that a number of U.S. industry returns can forecast the stock market using monthly data. Reexamining their results with an extended period, 1946–2013, and data, 48 industries, I find that only one to seven industries have significant predictive ability for the stock market, depending on the significance level (10% or 5%) and the model specifications used. However, I find some evidence of the opposite predictive direction from the stock market to industries. The stock market also performs better than industries in predicting economic growth. Using similar data, 34 industries, and period, 1946–2002, as Hong et al., I find that the results are less significant after data revisions. My overall results are consistent with the efficient market hypothesis.
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Publication Date
January 12, 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.10.003
Citation Information
Yiuman Tse. "Do Industries Lead Stock Markets? A Reexamination" Journal of Empirical Finance Vol. 34 (2015) p. 195 - 203
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/yiuman-tse/15/