This study aims to measure the performance of actively-managed Saudi Arabia mutual funds during the COVID-19 outbreak and examines the potential impact of COVID-19 growth on the measured performance. The authors apply the Fama and French five-factor model to measure the risk-adjusted performance...

The short-run market performance of the initial public offerings (IPOs) indicates that the prices are often underpriced which is widely accepted as a universal phenomenon. To find out whether the Australian IPOs are underpriced, this paper analyses the short-run market performance of 254 IPOs by...

The Working Capital Management (WCM) has an important role in the firm's success or failure because it directly effects the overall business health of the firm. This study examined the impact of WCM on profitability and shareholders wealth using the 50 companies listed in different sectors on...

Much of the research on the long-run market performance of initial public offerings (IPOs) has found that the subsequent share prices are often lower than first day prices, which is documented as the underperformance phenomenon. We contribute to the literature by analysing the performance of 249...

This paper predicts the directional changes in excess stock market return using macroeconomic variables. To minimize risks, an accurate forecasting of directional changes in excess return is required. To predict the directional changes this study first estimated the binary dependent dynamic...