. Merchandise and services exports were expected to exhibit slower growth than the previous assessment. Tourism sector was also expected to expand slower. Private consumption was expected to be weighed down due

still uncertain, and much depends on how the Phase One trade deal develops. Meanwhile, IMF forecasts that the global economy may grow 3.3 percent, down from the previous projection of 3.4 percent. Looking

uncertain timing of the Federal Reserve’s policy rate hikes, as well as geopolitical rifts on the Korean peninsula and ongoing Middle East tension. These factors caused the Baht’s value and Thai interest

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abnormal trading volume and exhibit more lottery features. Volatility and Skewness The relationship between asset prices and volatility measures has been explored and reported using several different proxies

implement short- term speculative trading strategy than other types of market participants. • Retail investors tend to exhibit a higher degree of cognitive biases such as the prospect theory (Tversky and

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all android handsets, to exhibit leadership in 4G. Handset subsidies remained stable and more targeted; however, the competition in fixed- speed unlimited plans has challenged an ability to increase

weak to nonexistent. • Barras, Scaillet, and Wermers (2010) document that 75% of funds exhibit zero alpha (net of expenses). Also, there were significant proportion of positive alpha funds prior to 1996

firm value. 8 If fundamental information is manifested in earnings persistence or reflects earnings growth, it seems logical that a firm with stronger fundamentals would exhibit either higher persistence