@article{article_353174, title={The Effect of Investor Sentiment on Betting Against Beta: A SEM Approach Towards Beta Anomaly}, journal={International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues}, volume={7}, pages={201–206}, year={2017}, author={Abdollahi, Hooman and Ebrahimi, Seyed Babak and Tayebi, Hamed}, keywords={Behavioral finance, Investor sentiment, BAB factor}, abstract={Beta anomaly is one of the greatest anomalies in finance literature as CAPM conveys a positive relationship between the beta of a stock and future returns; however, empirical studies do not document this proposition. Branded as betting against beta, this conundrum is known as a controversial subject. Drawing on literature the authors propose new multi-factor models to develop our understanding of betting against beta using investor sentiment as well as Structural Equation Modeling methodology to gauge the models in the presence of the top-down approach. Results indicate that investor sentiment provides a good explanation of the betting against beta. Limitation and future research directions are presented at the end of paper.}, number={1}, publisher={İlhan ÖZTÜRK}