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Fundamental Factor Research: Monthly Revenue Information – part1
The Taiwan equity market possesses a rare institutional advantage globally: under the Securities and Exchange Act, listed companies are required to announce and report their operational results for the preceding month by the 10th of each month (Exception: starting from FY2026, insurance companies and entities with insurance subsidiaries may extend their disclosure deadline to the 15th of each month). This is commonly referred to in the market as "Monthly Revenue".
Factor Research – Tracking Smart Money Footprints via Foreign Institutional Concentration – QFII Part 1
Track QFII ‘smart money’ footprints in Taiwan large-cap stocks! Learn how the Foreign-Institutional Trading Concentration (conc_qfii) factor predicts returns.
Empirical Research on Behavioral Factors in the Taiwan Stock Market: A Case Study of the Share Distribution
In an AI-driven Taiwan stock market, mastering chip distribution (ownership structure) is the key to profitability. This study delves into the Share Distribution data from the TDCC, transforming 15 tiers of shareholding data into behavioral finance factors such as investor attention, opinion dispersion, and retail speculation. By utilizing Fama–MacBeth two-stage regression and the alphalens-tej quantitative tool, we precisely validate the predictive power of psychological biases on stock returns, providing investors with actionable Alpha strategies and robust risk management solutions.
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Directors & Supervisor’s Remunerations
TEJ [Directors & Supervisor’s Remunerations database] provides various information related to the remuneration of directors and supervisors, ranging from total remuneration and salary, numbers, remuneration to income ratio to the information of directors, supervisors, and managers’ remuneration and salaries. Up to 55 sub-blocks, users can experience the most complete and accurate Taiwan’s remuneration of directors, supervisors, and managers. This article will introduce the importance of directors’ and supervisors’ remunerations information, applications, and how to find these data.
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Margin Trading (3)
In the previous article, we introduced how to build indicators with the margin trading database. This article will be the last one of this series, and we will help the readers become familiar with the Day Trading Statistics database and the Balance of Securities Provided as Financing Collateral database.
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Margin Trading(2)
In this article, we will show you how to export mutilated data with the “Transfer Data” function. Then, we will apply the data in the Margin Trading database to help users select fundamental indicators.
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Margin Trading (1)
his chapter, [Margin Trading]will be divided into three parts. The first part will guide readers in a simple and unburdened way to learn how to operate the [Margin Trading] database.
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Measure the company’s earnings management
Analyze the relationship between the company’s earnings management and the earnings-price ratio group Preface Investors care about earnings which is one of the key indicators. future earnings trends will affect investors’ willingness to hold stocks. If investors expect an increase in the company’s earnings, they will improve their willingness to hold stocks. Earnings can be […]
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Use TEJ Point-in-Time data to explore the connotation of monthly revenue information
Ａccording to the Security and Exchange Act, within the first ten days of each calendar month publicly announce and register with the Competent Authority the operating status for the month. In addition to the real-time information of monthly revenue compared with financial reports, it can also assist investors in tracking company fundamentals during the window period of yearly financial reports. Therefore, monthly revenue information has become one of the most important reference indicators for investors to grasp changes in the company’s fundamentals.
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Do Seasoned Equity Offerings Affect Taiwan Stock Prices? Evidence from Event Study Analysis
Seasoned Equity Offerings Are Not Just Fundraising —They May Also Affect Market Confidence Seasoned equity offerings are a common way for listed companies to raise capital. When companies need funding, they may issue new shares to the market instead of relying only on bank loans or corporate bonds. The proceeds can be used for capacity […]
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Introducing Three Major Institutional Investors in Taiwan (3)
In the last two articles, we’ve introduced the three major institutional investors in Taiwan. Now we are heading to share the calculation methods of Dealers’ shareholding ratio.