This article explores the behavior of the stock market in Colombia with the information given by the Bolsa de Bogota Index (Indice de la Bolsa de Bogota, IBB). The index is analyzed from January, 1930 to December, 1998. The inflation rate covers the same period; the inflation rate as measured by...

Usually in financial textbooks and courses the theory of portfolio selection is taught in a strictly theoretical way. There is a model (Markowitz) that stipulates that an investor has preferences and that she will choose the best portfolio, given her preference curves and an efficient frontier....

Usually in financial textbooks and courses the theory of portfolio selection is taught in a strictly theoretical way. There is a model (Markowitz) that stipulates that an investor has preferences and that she will choose the best portfolio, given her preference curves and an efficient frontier....

Il presente lavoro tratta del classico criterio di capital budgeting derivato dal CAPM,secondo il quale un investimento è conveniente se e solo se il suo tasso di rendimento atteso è maggiore del costo del capitale. Tale criterio è esposto, tra gli altri, da Rubinstein (1973) ed è...

We analyze a novel alpha momentum strategy that invests in stocks based on three-factor alphas which we estimate using daily returns. The empirical analysis for the U.S. and for Europe shows that (i) past alpha has power in predicting the cross-section of stock returns; (ii) alpha momentum...

This paper investigates the risk-return relations in Chinese equity markets. Based on a TARCH-M model, evidence shows that stock returns are positively correlated with predictable volatility, supporting the risk-return relation in both aggregate and sectoral markets. Evidence finds a positive...

Value investment and growth investment have attracted a large amount of research in recent decades, but most of this research focuses on the U.S. and Europe. This article covers the Thai stock market which has very different characteristics compared to western markets and even South East Asian...

Following the Global Settlement, analysts extensively use a top pick designation to highlight their highest conviction best ideas. Such a designation enables analysts to provide greater granularity of information, but it can potentially be influenced by conflicts of interest. Examining a...

The maritime industry is one of those rare industries that are both highly international integrated to international trade and also highly capital intensive dependent on substantial investment amount. In the literature, ship investments have not been widely examined through the firm-level...

When households consume both nondurable goods and housing services, external habit preference over nondurable consumption generates procyclical demand for housing. Marginal utility falls when housing demand rises and innovations to housing demand arise as a risk factor. Motivated by theory, we...