The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis

The study assesses the impact of the 2007 US sub-prime crisis on the Malaysian stock market by analysing both the benchmark and sectoral indices. Specifically, it empirically examines the integration of the Malaysian, US and Japanese stock markets at the sectoral level, such as finance, manufactu...

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Main Authors: Kassim, Salina, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Hamid, Zarinah
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spelling my.iium.irep.32592014-06-04T13:40:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3259/ The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis Kassim, Salina Abd. Majid, M. Shabri Hamid, Zarinah HG Finance HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation The study assesses the impact of the 2007 US sub-prime crisis on the Malaysian stock market by analysing both the benchmark and sectoral indices. Specifically, it empirically examines the integration of the Malaysian, US and Japanese stock markets at the sectoral level, such as finance, manufacturing, property, industrial products and consumer products in the periods before and during the 2007 sub-prime crisis (September 2006 to May 2009). By adopting the co-integration and vector autoregressions (VAR) methods, the study documents that the nature of integration of the three markets changes due to the crisis. While there are diversification benefits in these markets at the initial stage of the crisis, there seems to be no diversification benefits in the stock markets in a prolonged ‘down market’. In a short time horizon, ‘market panic’ results in investors to withdraw funds in the crisis country and invest in other countries with calmer markets. Inderscience Publishers 2011-07 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3259/1/2011-Global_Financial_Crisis_and_M%27sian_Stock_Market-AAJFA%5B1%5D.pdf Kassim, Salina and Abd. Majid, M. Shabri and Hamid, Zarinah (2011) The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis. Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2 (3). pp. 185-209. ISSN 1751-6447 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ind/aajfa/2011/00000002/00000003/art00001 10.1504/AAJFA.2011.041629
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HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
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HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
Kassim, Salina
Abd. Majid, M. Shabri
Hamid, Zarinah
The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
description The study assesses the impact of the 2007 US sub-prime crisis on the Malaysian stock market by analysing both the benchmark and sectoral indices. Specifically, it empirically examines the integration of the Malaysian, US and Japanese stock markets at the sectoral level, such as finance, manufacturing, property, industrial products and consumer products in the periods before and during the 2007 sub-prime crisis (September 2006 to May 2009). By adopting the co-integration and vector autoregressions (VAR) methods, the study documents that the nature of integration of the three markets changes due to the crisis. While there are diversification benefits in these markets at the initial stage of the crisis, there seems to be no diversification benefits in the stock markets in a prolonged ‘down market’. In a short time horizon, ‘market panic’ results in investors to withdraw funds in the crisis country and invest in other countries with calmer markets.
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author Kassim, Salina
Abd. Majid, M. Shabri
Hamid, Zarinah
author_facet Kassim, Salina
Abd. Majid, M. Shabri
Hamid, Zarinah
author_sort Kassim, Salina
title The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
title_short The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
title_full The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
title_fullStr The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
title_full_unstemmed The 2007 global financial crisis and the Malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
title_sort 2007 global financial crisis and the malaysian stock market: a sectoral analysis
publisher Inderscience Publishers
publishDate 2011
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