The exchange rate between the Naira and other currencies has continued to witness variability with depreciation. This variability makes it difficult to predict returns. Against this background, this paper examines the naira exchange rate vis-a-vis four other currencies. The impact of exogenous...

This article details a Bayesian analysis of the Nile river flow data, using a simple state space model. This allows the article to concentrate on implementation issues surrounding this model. For this data set, Metropolis-Hastings and Gibbs sampling algorithms are implemented in the programming...

This paper attempts to investigate empirically the dynamic relationship among crude oil price, exchange rate and Indian stock market. Using daily data of Crude oil price, Dollar-Rupee value and Nifty returns from April 2010 to March 2015, correlation, regression and Granger-causality approach in...

The major purpose of this research exercise is to assess the volatility dynamics of the stock returns of the banks of India and to determine the factor which influence and explains the stock returns. For this the two important methodologies are applied, for understanding the sensitivity of stock...

This paper empirically investigates the volatility pattern of Indian stock market based on time series data which comprises of daily closing prices of the S&P CNX Nifty Index for a fifteen year period from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2016. For this study the analysis has been done using both...

One of the most important issues that have engaged the financial managers and the academicians in Finance all over the world is the financial markets volatility and the need to forecast it accurately. The stock prices depend on the investment behavior which, in turn, is affected by the...

The paper is aimed at examining the impact of introduction of currency derivatives on exchange rate volatility of Euro. The data used in this paper comprises of daily exchange rate of Euro in terms of Indian rupees for the sample period April 2005 to March 2015. To explore the time series...

This paper will provide information on what happened in the financial crisis of 2008 and how to graph volatility outside of the option market. We will investigate the causes of the financial crisis, as well as some of the social inequalities that still exist today. We will explore household...

The paper is aimed at examining the impact of introduction of currency derivatives on exchange rate volatility of Pound. The data used in this paper comprises of daily exchange rate of Pound in terms of Indian rupees for the sample period April 2006 to December 2013. To explore the time series...