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The Relationship between Short Interest and Stock Returns in the Canadian Market
Ackert, Lucy; Athanassakos, George - 2005
stocks sold short in Canada. Short interest is defined in relation to trading volume. The results strongly support the …. Excess returns are less negative for stocks with associated options and convertible bonds. Importantly, the evidence is … consistent with the proposition that informed traders short sell Canadian interlisted stocks in Canada, rather than the US, to …
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State history. Stocks & bonds. 1929-01-02
1929
Repurchase stock of piggly wiggly Call in 2640 shares and will pay owners rate of 120 plus dividend. Preferred shares of the Western Piggly Wiggly company have been called and will be bought back by the company at 120. The quarterly dividend for the period ending December 31, amounting to $2.5 a...
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State history. Stocks & bonds. 1928-03-15
1928
stocks, from Haroid T. White, former chairman of the finance committee of the Washington Water Power company, announces that …
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Shareholder distribution choices for industrial companies listed on the JSE : share buybacks versus dividends
Bester, P. G. - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Repurchasing of shares by South African companies were legalised on 1 July 1999.This introduced an alternative to dividends for distributing cash to shareholders.Although dividends and share repurchases realise the same value in a perfect efficientmarket, the inefficiencies of...
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Evidence of volatility clustering on the FTSE/JSE top 40 index
Louw, Jan Paul - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report investigated whether evidence of volatility clustering exists on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index. The presence of volatility clustering has practical implications relating to market decisions as well as the accurate measurement and reliable forecasting of...
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An event study to investigate the impact of BEE announcements on share price
Fairbairn, Roslyn Deidre - 2009
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This event study examines the effect that Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) announcements have on a companies' share price. The average mean return model is applied to study a sample of companies from the Financial Mail Top 200 Empowerment Companies list, 2007. The mean price...
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The efficiency of African stock markets : a comparative analysis
Mlambo, Chipo - 2006
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates whether any exploitable pauems exist in a sample of tenAfrican stock markets 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...
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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...
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The association between inflation-adjusted accounting income and the behaviour of share prices
Gevers, Willem Rudolf - 1992
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation the association between inflation-adjusted data and the behaviour of share prices is investigated. The primary purpose of this investigation is to make a contribution to the body of knowledge regarding share price behaviour, and more specifically with...
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ESTRUTURAÇÃO DE UM ÍNDICE DE PREÇOS DE AÇÕES DO AGRONEGÓCIO BRASILEIRO LISTADAS NA BOVESPA
Souza, Waldemar Antonio Da Rocha; Silva, Rodolfo Margato; … - 2008
with Brazilian agribusiness, specifically the stocks of this sector open companies traded in the São Paulo Stock Exchange … instruments. Based upon the price index methodology, a selected sample of ten agribusiness stocks chosen by decreasing liquidity …
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