Aim/purpose - The aim of this paper is to verify whether extremely high values of market value ratios are the symptoms of informational inefficiency of the market in a weak form. The authors intend to examine whether these phenomena co-occur with each other. Design/methodology/approach -...

This paper investigates weak form of efficiency in Indian equity market. For this purpose, informational efficiency of National Stock Exchange of Indian's indices i.e. NIFTY, bank NIFTY and IT NIFTY is examined. The NSE indices returns under the study do not confirm to normal distribution. The...

A predictable pattern of stock market return is the violation of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). It is well studied and evident in financial literature that stock markets around the world have predictable patterns e.g. calendar effect, behavioural effect, and Religious festival effect....

A predictable pattern of stock market return is the violation of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). It is well studied and evident in financial literature that stock markets around the world have predictable patterns, e.g. calendar effect, behavioural effect, and Religious festival effect....

This paper examined the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) financial crisis in 1997 and also analyzed stock price co-movement behavior of the DSE from 1996 to 2004.The study found evidence that the DSE stocks were more volatile in the South-Asian region during the sample period, and its financial crisis...

The efficient-market hypothesis (EMH) is one of the most important economic and financial hypotheses that have been tested over the past century. Due to many abnormal phenomena and conflicting evidence, otherwise known as anomalies against EMH, some academics have questioned whether EMH is...

Efficient Market Hypothesis is the cornerstone of modern financial theories. As the tests of market efficiency firstly started from developed markets, the studies on these markets are more in numbers compared with that of on emerging markets. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is an emerging market of...