This study provides evidence and proof of dynamic return connectedness alongside the revelation that certain macroeconomic factors determine the return connectedness of size-based industries of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The objective of this study is to examine the effect of...

This paper explores dynamic correlation and interdependence of five global REIT markets using multivariate wavelet methods. United States, Hong Kong, Belgium, South Africa and Australia’s daily REITs returns are used as proxies for North America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Oceania...

In this paper, we investigate the day of the week and the month of the year effects in African stock markets, both in the Gregorian and the Hijri calendars. Specifically, we investigate Monday effect, Friday effect, January effect and Ramadan effect, from January 2009 to December 2019, using OLS...

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) receives both criticism and widespread adoption by practitioners and academics as the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) equity component. This study introduces two new costs of equity measures to address CAPM criticisms and provide new perspective on...

This study evaluates the relationship investor sentiment, exchange rate volatility, net foreign portfolio investment and the country index crash risk. The moderating variable, net foreign portfolio investment, is introduced. While previous crash risk studies typically focus on individual firms,...

Lack of investable capital has slowed down the development process in many developing nations, including Nigeria, and this has sparked empirical research on the factors affecting foreign capital flow. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of interest rate...

The study uses wavelet power spectrum and wavelet coherence transformation methodologies to examine how geopolitical risk affected the returns on stocks, oil, and gold during the GFC, COVID-19, and Russia-Ukraine war-three disruptive events that affected the world's financial markets. For better...

The experience of past financial market turmoil suggests that in addition to eroding investor wealth, the severe consequences of rare extreme market events can spillover and impair the broader real economies. In this context, this paper is an evaluation of the methodological and empirical...

This study evaluates Indian mutual funds using a variety of criteria, demonstrating a historical tendency of lower monthly returns and volatility when compared to benchmark indexes. This positive risk profile implies that it will appeal to investors who want stability. Despite COVID-19-induced...

This paper aims to develop a feasible estimator of the Sharpe ratio that the investor would expect from estimated efficient portfolios. Based on the analytical expression of the expected Sharpe ratio, we construct an estimator that captures all the errors involved in the estimated efficient...