Contrarian and Momentum Strategies in the Spanish Stock Market

European Financial Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-88

  Forner, Carlos ^a   Marhuenda, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contrarian strategy; Efficiency; Momentum strategy; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844299820     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00208     Document Type: Article

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