The exhibits support several conclusions we can draw from use of the Williams and Brigham-Pappas dividend growth models. The particular model selected to describe a stock's dividend time path has a great impact on the stock's identified value. This may be seen in the large differences in stock...

This paper aims to search the high volatility of stock prices in stock market crises produced by adverse information, throughout investigating the links between stock price volatility and the institutional features of the major stock exchanges as exist in practice. The study finds that the...

This paper is a concise review of the equity markets' reaction to the COVIDcrisis in 2020. Relative to other global institutions, equity markets performed remarkably well in 2020 and investors ought not to be ashamed of their reactions relative to consumers. It would be a terrible abuse of...

This paper investigates empirically the relationship between stock market and banking sector development with data from 40 countries (representing 85% of global GDP) over a period of 53 years. When measured by ratios of stock market (i) capitalization to GDP; (ii) turnover to GDP; and (iii)...

Analysts cover portfolios of firms. Firms in these analyst portfolios are thus in principle subject to common (integrated) production of information. Nonetheless, this paper documents significant stock return and forecast revision predictability across firms with common analyst coverage. Prices...

Stock market anomalies representing the predictability of cross-sectional stock returns are one of most controversial topics in financial economic research. This chapter reviews several well-documented and pervasive anomalies in the literature, including investment-related anomalies, value...

This paper synthesizes innovations in partitioning the cash flows from a share of common stock. PRIMES & SCORES, Unbundled Stock Units (USUs), and three hybrid equity options (DIVS, OWLS, and RISKS) are studied

This paper investigates the idiosyncratic risk of investing in the Islamic capital market equities. It aims to answer the question: do stocks which are included (excluded) in the Shari'ah index have higher (lower) idiosyncratic risks? We used FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Shari'ah Index (FBMEI)...

Value investing is a common investment strategy, but like all other strategies it has suffered during certain periods, such as the tech rally in the late nineties. This paper examines the value cycle globally and considers the impact of possible drivers, including those involving the overall...

The fundamental indicators of stocks include information as well as the effects of noise and bias on the stock prices; however, identifying the effects of noise and bias is generally difficult. In this article, I present the true fundamentals hypothesis based on rational expectations and detect...