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Foreign exchange market efficiency : empirical results for the USD/EUR market

Czech, Katarzyna Anna; Waszkowski, Adam - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 3, pp. 1-9

The aim of the paper is to verify whether the USD/EUR exchange rate market is efficient. The fundamental parity condition for testing foreign exchange market efficiency is represented by the uncovered interest-rate parity (UIP). Therefore, the UIP hypothesis verification accounts for the crucial...

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An empirical study on weak-form of market efficiency of selected Asian stock markets

Patel, Nikunj R.; Radadia, Nitesh; Dhawan, Juhi - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 2, pp. 99-148

The purpose of this research is to investigate the weak form of market efficiency of Asian four selected stock markets. We have taken a daily closing price of stock markets under the study from the 1st January 2000 to 31st March 2011 and also divided full sample in three interval periods, and...

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Observing evidence of insider trading in the Athens Stock Exchange

Thalassinos, Eleftherios; Maditinos, Dimitrios; … - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 1 (2012), pp. 1-26

This study proposes a process for observing evidence of insider trading in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). This is performed by building an environment which, based upon previous research, common sense and information technology, may be used for observing such evidence. It is designed to be...

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The effects of surprise political events on quoted firms : the March 2004 election in Spain

Castells, Pau; Trillas, Francesc - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 83-112

In the last days of the electoral campaign for the 2004 general election in Spain, on Thursday March 11th 2004, a series of simultaneous terror attacks caused the death of 191 persons in commuting trains in the capital Madrid. Four days later, the opposition party won the election, against all...

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Incorporating weekend information in stock prices : evidence from Israeli stock market

Kudryavtsev, Andrey; Cohen, Gil; Pavlodsky, Julia - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 4, pp. 1-14

In present study, we contribute to the discussion on international stock market correlations, by analyzing interdependencies between stock returns in US and Israeli stock exchanges. In particular, we concentrate on the original feature of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) where the trading week...

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Volatility impact of stock index futures trading : a revised analysis

Matanovic, Eva; Wagner, Helmut - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 5, pp. 113-126

The recent financial crisis renewed concerns about a possible destabilizing impact of derivatives trading. Despite a very active research, the question whether or not derivatives tend to destabilize financial markets has not yet been answered to satisfaction. This contribution aims to revise the...

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The determinants of cash flows in Greek bond mutual funds

Grose, Christos - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 55-77

This paper examines the factors that affect inflows - outflows of capital in bond mutual funds that operated in the … Greek market during the period 1997-2005. Investors in bond mutual funds do not seek for high gross returns in order to … a crucial factor in investment decision making. Bond mutual funds that invest primarily in government bonds, appear to …

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Financial analysis on Indian stock market volatility during recession

Arekar, Kirti; Jain, Rinku - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 3, pp. 127-133

In this article, a snapshot of the market performance during the two-year is presented and compared with the major overseas markets. A study considered a market performance of different sectors i.e. Information Technology and Banking with respect to the market. Further we analyzed that which...

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Is stock always the right choice? : should naive investors avoid stock markets?

Donadelli, Michael - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 3, pp. 93-113

The goal of this paper is to present an original and simple analysis aimed to understand why investing in capital markets can be very dangerous for "naive investors". Stock markets display often exploding volatility. They are characterized by instability and subject to external shocks. If...

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Do consumer attitudes matter in capital markets? : a study of mutual funds in Oman market

Tahseen, Arshi A.; Narayana, Surya - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 1, pp. 107-126

The financial sector particularly the mutual funds in Oman market have shown limited potential to attract consumers. Consumer attitudes towards financial investments have always been a challenge for the finance companies due to limited risk appetite of consumers which are largely attributed to...

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