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Short-Term Autocorrelation in Australian Equities

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  • Clive Gaunt

    (UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072.)

  • Philip Gray

    (UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072.)

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This paper examines the statistical and economic significance of short-term autocorrelation in Australian equities. We document large negative first-order autocorrelation in individual stock returns. Preliminary results suggest this autocorrelation is economically significant, as two simple trading strategies based on the autocorrelation structure appear to yield large risk-adjusted returns. Further analysis, however, shows that these results are driven by the inclusion of smallcapitalisation and low-priced stocks which are vulnerable to a number of market-microstructure-related problems. After revising the dataset to mitigate these problems, little evidence of economic significance remains.

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  • Clive Gaunt & Philip Gray, 2003. "Short-Term Autocorrelation in Australian Equities," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 28(1), pages 97-117, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:28:y:2003:i:1:p:97-117
    DOI: 10.1177/031289620302800105
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