The problem of determining the cost of equity is crucial to the development of organizations. It is an essential means of calculating value creation. The financial literature has proposed several models for estimating the cost of equity, such as the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). However,...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has triggered a fall in the pandemic has completely changed the worldandtransformedour lives, the patterns of economies, and the behaviour of businesses. The market has the tendency to perceive long-term shocks which economy can give to the market, but contrary to...

This study explores the linkages between regional stock markets of three Asian (China, Pakistan and India) countries with well-established stock markets of Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America and Japan. Impact of global financial crisis (2008) has been analyzed on stock markets of...

Decision making in the capital market is not always based on rational considerations. Investors' actions are also influenced by psychological characteristics that emerge as human innate nature. These psychological characteristics will encourage different investor reactions. This study aims to...

In this paper, the relationship between some selected stocks in the Nigerian Capital Market was investigated using wavelet analysis. The selected stocks are Dangote Cement (Dans) representing the housing sector, Julius Berger (Jbger) representing the Construction industry, Nestle Nigerian Plc...

Delisting of company’s shares is probably the least thing an existing and prospective investor ever think of when dealing with any given portfolio. This is particularly inconveniencing to numerous insignificant minority shareholders who might have easily purchased shares under Initial Public...

Investors’ confidence can be reliably measured through evaluation of trading volumes on the stock exchange. High trading volumes are usually construed as benchmark for investors’ trust in equity instruments as storage of value with substantial monetary rewards in form of dividends and...