This study was set out to investigate the influence of dividend payments on stock prices in an inflationary environment. The study also aimed at establishing the rational for and against dividend payments during periods of marked inflation rates, the forms of dividends and the dividend policies...

This research involved developing an optimal stock investment decision strategy which offers minimum risk to the potential investor for counters listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Three counters were compared namely Econet Wireless, Delta and Old Mutual. The first phase of the project...

Understanding the pattern of stock market volatility is important to investors as well as for investment policy. Volatility is directly associated with risks and returns, higher the volatility the more financial market is unstable. The volatility of the Zimbabwean stock market is modeled using...

The study aimed at providing a modern and concrete perspective on the role of dividends in Zimbabwe, a developing economy, by examining views regarding the role of the relevance of the conventional signaling theory. The objective of this study was to add to the knowledge body concerning stock...

The class of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (GARCH) models has proved particularly valuable in modelling time series with time varying volatility. These include financial data, which can be particularly heavy tailed.This paper investigates the time-series behavior of...