This study applies the multi-index (APT) to explore the relationship of NSE companies stock returns to selected market and industrial variables. In this study I have used a model i.e. the relative pricing (APT) model, to explain the expected returns at the NSE. Use of indices as well as...

"Limits of Arbitrage" theories hypothesize that the marginal investor in a particular asset market is a specialized arbitrageur rather than a diversified representative investor. We examine the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market in this light. We show that the risk of homeowner prepayment,...

This study investigates the relationship between local and global macroeconomic factors and stock market indices in Romania using the framework of the macroeconomic APT model. Many researchers have demonstrated that macroeconomic conditions affect risk factors and influence asset returns....

There were compared two known models (CAPM and TPA resuting the model describing better, in case of Romania, cashings and variation of cashings for ensured guarantees. There were taken into account monthly cashings (1.01.2005-31.12.2010 period) of 60 companies listed at Bucharest Stock Exchange...

We study the situation of an agent who can trade on a financial market and can also transform some assets into others by means of a production system, in order to price and hedge derivatives on produced goods. This framework is motivated by the case of an electricity producer who wants to hedge...

A multi-billion-dollar, multi-year discrepancy between two identical share classes of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) did not suffer from traditional external limits to arbitrage such as transactions costs and risk measures. One possible explanation is that self-imposed limits...