This paper investigates the instability of stock beta in Dhaka Stock Exchange over the period of 2000 to 2007. Ordinary least square estimates of CAPM beta and Dimson beta of individual securities for 3, 4 and 8-years holding periods are not found statistically significantly different from each...

This paper attempts to measure the risk and return relationship in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh. Applying Single Index Model, the study reports statistically significant positive relationship between risk and return both at the individual security level and at the portfolio level....

This paper examines the weak-form efficiency in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh adjusting for thin trading problem. Both non-parametric tests and parametric tests are used. The data sets consist of daily DSE General Index (DSE-GEN) and DSE 20 Index for the period ranging from January 1,...

World economies during the last century have witnessed a number of financial and banking crises resulting in tremendous loss in inflicted economies. The severity of these losses prompted Prudential authorities (World Bank, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund -IMF and Central Banks...

The presence of the seasonal or monthly effect in stock returns has been reported in several developed and emerging stock markets. This study investigates the existence of seasonality in return series of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh. The study uses the monthly return data of the DSE...