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Industry momentum in Latin America

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  • Berggrun, Luis
  • Cardona, Emilio
  • Lizarzaburu, Edmundo

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We examine whether high-return industries outperform low-return industries in Latin America. Differences in performance between recent winner and loser industries are very often indistinguishable from zero. Evaluating the segment of small and large industries also points us to a lack of return continuation across industries. Employing idiosyncratic returns instead of total returns to differentiate between winner and loser industries confirms that industry momentum does not hold in the region. Furthermore, momentum for individual industries is also absent. Overall, obtaining profits from persistent return differences between or within industries would have been very difficult in our sample period. JEL Classification: G11; G12; G15.

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  • Berggrun, Luis & Cardona, Emilio & Lizarzaburu, Edmundo, 2023. "Industry momentum in Latin America," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:158:y:2023:i:c:s0148296323000693
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113711
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    Keywords

    Emerging markets; Five-factor model; Industry portfolios; Multiple hypothesis testing; Portfolio performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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