<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Emerging countries’ economies are dependent on foreign capital inflows. For policy makers and researchers of particular interest is to understand the nature of these flows and their impact on the domestic capital market. The first significant foreign inflows entered the Macedonian Stock Market at the end of 2004, and stock prices were increased. It was general belief among the investors that foreigners are driving the prices on the Macedonian Stock Market. This study examines the influence of foreign investors’ trades on stock returns in Macedonia using base broadening and price pressure hypotheses. Strong evidence consistent with the base-broadening hypothesis shows that 1% of monthly net inflows as a percentage of last month market capitalization is connected with 7% rise in monthly returns on the Macedonian stock market. The findings do not support the price pressure hypothesis, so the rise in the prices is permanent.</p></abstract>

Emerging countries’ economies are dependent on foreign capital inflows. For policy makers and researchers of particular interest is to understand the nature of these flows and their impact on the domestic capital market. The first significant foreign inflows entered the Macedonian Stock Market at the end of 2004, and stock prices were increased. It was general belief among the investors that foreigners are driving the prices on the Macedonian Stock Market. This study examines the influence of foreign investors’ trades on stock returns in Macedonia using base broadening and price pressure hypotheses. Strong evidence consistent with the base-broadening hypothesis shows that 1% of monthly net inflows as a percentage of last month market capitalization is connected with 7% rise in monthly returns on the Macedonian stock market. The findings do not support the price pressure hypothesis, so the rise in the prices is permanent.

The Impact of Foreigners’ Trades on Equity Prices: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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Emerging countries’ economies are dependent on foreign capital inflows. For policy makers and researchers of particular interest is to understand the nature of...

The Impact of Foreigners’ Trades on Equity Prices: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

Published Online: Jun 15, 2020

Page range: 56 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0005

Keywords
foreign investor, price pressure, base broadening, equity price, Macedonian Stock Market

© 2020 Julijana Angelovska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Impact of Foreigners’ Trades on Equity Prices: Evidence from Macedonian Stock Exchange

Published Online: Jun 15, 2020

Page range: 56 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0005

Keywordsforeign investor, price pressure, base broadening, equity price, Macedonian Stock Market

© 2020 Julijana Angelovska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
foreign investor, price pressure, base broadening, equity price, Macedonian Stock Market