The average historical excess return of market index over government bonds has been 4.5 % in Canada during the 20th century. Contrarily to the majority of the developed markets, it has remained almost the same during the two halves of the century. However, years 2001 and 2002 have driven the...

This study presents a general analytical framework for the double decision of country allocation and currency risk exposure. As each of these decisions can be taken in a passive way or in an active way via optimizations, four possible approaches are scrutinized. We use Morgan Stanley Capital...

Momentum strategies based on TSE 300 sector indices have been profitable over the 1962-2000 period, especially for six-month formation and holding horizons. The risk decreases considerably when four sectors rather than only one are considered in the extreme winner and loser portfolios. For the...

This paper examines open market stock repurchases in France. We find a positive average market reaction to the repurchase announcement. However, the magnitude of the price reaction is found to depend on a number of corporate governance structure measures. The positive aspects of the announcement...

This paper examines, in a Canadian context, the effect of short sales regulation on the risk-return relationship. It shows that, theoretically, the opportunity cost induced by short sales regulation is positively related to the dispersion of agents' beliefs and negatively related to the...