We examine the sensitivity of 31 UK non-financial industries to exchange and interest rate exposure from 1990 to 2006 using first-order autoregressive exponential GARCH-in-mean (EGARCH-M) model. We find that the stock returns of UK industries are more affected by long-term interest rate risk...

Shipping is an industry that is highly geared towards international trade and therefore, would seem to be highly susceptible to fluctuations in macroeconomic factors. This article investigates the impact of exchange rates, interest rates and oil prices on stock returns of 143 shipping companies...

Arabic Abstract: تشير أدبيات التمويل الإسلامي إلى أن أول تطبيق لفكرة مصارف إسلامية تمت في الريف المصري في العام 1963م ثم انطلقت إلى العالم لتصل إلى أكثر من 700 بنك تعمل في...