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The efficiency of African stock markets : a comparative analysis
Mlambo, Chipo - 2006
that could lead to abnonnal gains. Southern Africa isrepresented by Botswana, Namibia. Mauritius and Zimbabwe, East Africa … by Kenya,West Africa by Ghana and the BRVM, and North Africa by Egypt, Morocco andTunisia. Such evidence, if it exists … study benchmarks the findings with those of South Africa'sJohannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Securities Exchange; other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442072
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Inequality of nations, endogenous fluctuations, and financial market globalization : a dynamic general equilibrium approach
Kikuchi, Tomoo - 2007
The goal of the thesis is to analyze theoretically as to how the financial globalization and the distribution of world income may be related. Does the financial market globalization exert an equalizing force? Or is it responsible for the economic stagnation of some countries in the world? These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452654
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Olie : hoop of wanhoop vir Angola?
Du Toit, Francois Stephanus - 2007
responsiblecodes of behaviour.Africa however is entering a new phase of accepting responsibility for its owninternal problems. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442103
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The significance of host country incentives in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)
Sello, Rethabile - 2007
processing zones (EPZ) and • South Africa, which offers industry-specific incentives. The analysis is undertaken on aggregate FDI … inflows to these three countries for the period 1998 to 2004. These are then compared to other selected countries from Africa … regime is also undertaken, and the results are compared with those of Lesotho and South Africa during the same period. It can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442107
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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in Morocco: The Current Situation and the Need of a Development Policy
Hissouf, Abdellatif - 2008
Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is clearly on top of the agendas of most countries. All countries find it more difficult to stay competitive without FDI, which sustains growth: financial capital, management skills, technology, access to export markets, and therefore enhance country's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466908
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An investigation into the use of neural networks for the prediction of the stock exchange of Thailand
Chaigusin, Suchira - 2011
Stock markets are affected by many interrelated factors such as economics and politics at both national and international levels. Predicting stock indices and determining the set of relevant factors for making accurate predictions are complicated tasks. Neural networks are one of the popular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440862
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The application of fundamental indexing to the South African equity market for historical data dating back to 1996
Ferreira, Rickus - 2009
Measuring the performance of any financial portfolio is only relevant ifcompared relative to another similar portfolio. Over the years the norm in theindustry has been to use market capitalisation indices as benchmarks tomeasure performance.Market capitalisation indices, such as the FTSE/JSE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442098
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An econophysical investigation : using the Boltzmann distribution to determine market temperature as applied to the JSE all share index
Brand, Rene - 2009
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Econophysics is a relatively new branch of physics. It entails the use of models in physics applied toeconomics. The distributions of financial time series are the aspect most intensely studied byphysicists. This study is based on a study by Kleinert and Chen who applied the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442109
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Stock market development and economic growth : a case for Zambia
Sililo, Mulambo - 2010
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This present study investigates the directional link between stock market development and economic growth in Zambia for the period 2002-2009, using quarterly data. While there is numerous empirical research conducted on this topic, none of it constitutes an in-depth study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442140
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South African Security Market imperfections
Jooste, Dirk - 2006
In recent times many theories have surfaced posing challenging threats to the Efficient Market Hypothesis. We are entering an exciting era of financial economics fueled by the urge to have a better understanding of the intricate workings of financial markets. Many studies are emerging that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442175