This article extends the research on the improvements to the efficient portfolio frontier in globally diversified portfolios. We examine efficient frontiers of regional equity portfolios from developed and undeveloped countries. We show that a globally diversified portfolio has higher reward...

The meltdown hypothesis predicts a large fall in stock prices when baby boomers cash in their equity holdings to fund their retirement. Using an estimated vector autoregression model this paper finds empirical evidence that retiring baby boomers will induce a drag on the stock market, but most...

A time series measure of expectations is used to demonstrate the existence of an inverse relationship between inflation and real stock prices, even after controlling for output shocks. This provides some evidence against Fama's famous conjecture (Fama, E., 1981, Stock returns, real activity,...

This paper attempts to reconcile the differences in previous studies of the tests of foreign exchange market efficiency. The results show that the market efficiency tests depend on the choice of model between the level and the percentage change specifications. Cointegration testing results and...