This study evaluates the response stock market volatility to foreign equity investments. Specifically, the study examines how foreign portfolio investment and foreign direct equity investment influence stock market volatility in Nigeria using monthly data from January 2007 to July 2017. Results...

This study evaluates the impact of public financial management on economic development in a developing country. Specifically, the study assesses how public revenue and expenditure influence gross domestic product using time series data from Nigeria for the period 1981 to 2013. The study carries...

Efficient stock market plays important role in stimulating economic development through providing channel for mobilising domestic savings and facilitating the allocation of financial resources from dormant to more productive activities. This paper evaluates the Ugandan Securities Exchange (USE)...

This paper investigates the existence of stock returns seasonality on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Regression-based approach was used to analyse the monthly stock return data for seasonal pattern from January 1985 to March 2011. The full sample was divided into three sub-sample periods...

In recent years, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has witnessed an unprecedented growth in market capitalization, membership, value and volume traded. By December 2007, the All Share Index has grown massively to 57,990.2 from 1113.4 in January 1993. This rising interest in investment...

It is no news that the global economic crisis has led to shortage of financial resources and to a general downturn in stock prices across the globe. Forecasting stock prices will provide a way to anticipate and perhaps avoid the risk of a large adverse change in prices. This paper, therefore,...

There is quite an extensive literature documenting the behaviour of stock returns volatility in both developed and emerging stock markets, but such studies are scanty for the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Modelling volatility is an important element in pricing equity, risk management and...

This paper examines the Weak-Form Efficient Market Hypothesis across time for the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) by hypothesizing Normal Distribution and Random walk in periodic return series. Monthly all share indices of the NSE are examined for three periods including January 1985 to December...

The study was designed to determine the incremental value of emotional intelligence on bank performance and propose strategies for enhancing emotional literacy of Nigerian bank managers. Emotional intelligence is a dispositional variable that is critical to performance outcomes. The study was...

The survey research design was adopted, and the study was specifically designed to evaluate the challenges of bank-credit among SMEs in Nigeria and make recommendations. The questionnaire and indent interview methods were used to generate data. Data generated were coded and analyzed through...