In a first of its kind, this paper examines the issue of sectoral efficiency of the Indian Stock Market. For this, daily data for 11 sectoral indices on NSE viz. Auto, Bank, Energy, Finance, FMCG, IT, Media, Metal, Pharma, PSU Banks and Realty Index have been used. The study period spans from...

Investors step into the stock market with the objective of earning smart returns on their investments. The stock market can help in realising these goals of the investors, however, all investments are subject to risks. The origin of the risk is the uncertainty of realising the desired returns on...

This paper examines whether high dividend stocks portfolio (represented by CNX dividend opportunity index of NSE) outperforms blue chip stocks portfolios and market portfolio in Indian stock market, using absolute rate of return as well as risk adjusted measures viz Sharpe ratio and Treynor...

Companies have invested heavily in competency-based HR systems without having established guidelines on its implementation. This research studies the adoption of the competency framework in HR, along with perceived organisation performance (POP) and financial organisation performance (FOP). The...

In this paper the performance evaluation of ULIPs is carried out through risk-return analysis, Treynor’s ratio, Sharpe’s ratio and Jensen’s measure. The data used in the study is daily closing NAVs for the period from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2009. The schemes selected for study...

This paper examines the long run and short run dynamics among oil prices, exchange rates and stock prices in India (one of the fastest growing emerging markets in the world) over the most recent 15 year period 1997-2011. Using Johansen's Co integration test we find the existence of long run...

The present study investigates the pricing efficiency and the trading characteristics of index ETFs in India. Theoretically, ETF prices are expected to closely track their NAVs. The deviations, if any, are expected to be eliminated quickly due to the arbitrage mechanism in place. In this study,...

This paper examines the relationship between four company fundamental variables (viz. market capitalization, book equity to market equity ratio, price earnings ratio and debt equity ratio) and equity returns in Indian stock market using monthly price data of a sample of 455 companies forming...