Analysis of the Korean Stock Market

The Korean stock market, ranked 11th in the world in terms of market capitalization of stocks in 2017, is a globalized market. Foreign investors hold close to one-third of stocks listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) as of May 2017 (in terms of market capitalization). The US and the UK alone account for almost 50% of foreign ownership in the KRX.

Research or information on the Korean stock market, however, is not well known to the domestic or the global investment communities. There are minimal investment studies that deal with practical issues from the perspective of investment analysts. This volume bridges the academic and investment communities by providing analyses of the Korean stock market that contain practical values.

This book comprehensively analyzes anomalies in the Korean stock market, including time series anomalies such as the January effect, cross-sectional anomalies such as the size effect and book-to-market effect, and anomalies related to corporate events. The authors also investigate sales revenue, profitability, valuation (M/B ratio), and the financial risk of listed companies in the Korean stock market at both the sectoral level and industrial level.

As the study uses a comprehensive data set and long-term sample period, readers can benefit from consistent and comparable empirical results.
Contents: Korean Capital MarketBehavioral ApproachesSeasonal AnomaliesCross-Sectional AnomaliesCorporate EventIndustry Analysis
Readership: Professional investors and academicians who are interested in the Korean stock market, Korean and foreign institutional investors, graduate scholars studying the Korean stock market.
Keywords:Korean Stock Market;Market Predictability;Trading Behavior;Seasonal Effect;Cross-Sectional Anomalies;Industry Analysis;History of Korean Stock MarketReview:0