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Table 8 Momentum Returns Across Different Time Periods

From: Industry- and liquidity-based momentum in Australian equities

Panel A: Asian Financial Crisis (January 1997 to December 1999)

Panel B: Global Financial Crisis (January 2007 to December 2009)

Strategy

Winner

Loser

Winner-Loser

 

Winner

Loser

Winner-Loser

 

J3K3

0.0177

0.0096

0.0081

 

0.0076

0.0129

−0.0054

 

2.25

1.03

1.90

 

0.48

0.91

−1.02

 

J3K6

0.0181

0.0086

0.0095

***

−0.0085

0.0013

−0.0098

 

2.12

1.07

5.38

 

−0.75

0.09

−1.56

 

J3K9

0.0143

0.0067

0.0075

***

−0.0213

−0.0153

− 0.0060

 

1.86

0.94

7.52

 

−3.51

−1.52

−1.10

 

J6K3

0.0177

0.0096

0.0128

***

0.0036

0.0173

−0.0138

 

2.25

1.03

3.10

 

0.26

1.06

−1.69

 

J6K6

0.0204

0.0073

0.0131

***

−0.0099

0.0042

−0.0141

 

2.19

0.99

5.44

 

−1.02

0.27

− 1.78

 

J6K9

0.0110

0.0070

0.0039

***

−0.0206

−0.0158

−0.0047

 

1.38

1.11

2.22

 

−3.28

−1.58

−0.90

 

J9K3

0.0221

0.0132

0.0133

 

0.0038

0.0219

−0.0181

**

2.45

3.72

1.90

 

0.29

1.29

−2.06

 

J9K6

0.0160

0.0119

0.0041

 

−0.0083

0.0130

−0.0130

 

1.74

1.70

1.59

 

−0.82

3.35

−1.53

 

J9K9

0.0081

0.0106

−0.0025

 

−0.0210

−0.0143

− 0.0068

 

1.06

1.64

−1.85

 

−3.46

−1.47

− 1.18

 

Panel C (January 2000 to December 2006)

 

Panel D (January 2010 to September 2014)

Strategy

Winner

Loser

Winner-Loser

 

Winner

Loser

Winner-Loser

 

J3K3

0.0191

0.0112

0.0079

***

0.0094

−0.0012

0.0106

***

4.84

2.56

3.89

 

1.42

−0.17

4.90

 

J3K6

0.0190

0.0143

0.0046

***

0.0085

−0.0004

0.0089

***

6.56

4.13

3.09

 

1.77

−0.08

13.55

 

J3K9

0.0199

0.0162

0.0037

***

0.0040

−0.0051

0.0091

***

8.74

5.71

3.14

 

1.32

−1.78

11.14

 

J6K3

0.0176

0.0120

0.0056

**

0.0102

−0.0010

0.0111

***

4.63

2.58

2.23

 

1.51

−0.14

6.90

 

J6K6

0.0176

0.0144

0.0033

 

0.0092

0.0004

0.0088

***

6.39

3.97

1.77

 

1.90

0.09

8.54

 

J6K9

0.0180

0.0161

0.0019

 

0.0029

−0.0044

0.0073

***

8.04

5.59

1.38

 

0.94

−1.60

8.77

 

J9K3

0.0171

0.0125

0.0046

 

0.0111

−0.0031

0.0142

***

4.46

2.64

1.80

 

1.69

−0.49

6.93

 

J9K6

0.0166

0.0146

0.0020

 

0.0088

−0.0008

0.0096

***

5.97

4.06

1.04

 

1.80

−0.18

6.86

 

J9K9

0.0164

0.0166

−0.0002

 

0.0017

−0.0037

0.0054

***

7.41

5.86

−0.14

 

0.53

−1.47

4.25

 
  1. This table reports mean returns on a monthly basis. Sample stocks are sorted by the 20% breakpoint. The t-statistics are italicized; ** denotes significance at the 5% level and *** at the 1% level. We did not perform strategies with formation and holding periods of 12 months due to the relatively brief period of analysis
  2. Bold entries have significant values