Measuring the performance of any financial portfolio is only relevant ifcompared relative to another similar portfolio. Over the years the norm in theindustry has been to use market capitalisation indices as benchmarks tomeasure performance.Market capitalisation indices, such as the FTSE/JSE...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report examines stock market reactions to sudden changes in investor mood. The motivation for the study is the large volume of psychology and finance research showing that investor mood is affected by various non-economic or economically-neutral phenomena....

This study focuses on the performance persistence of equity funds in the South African Unit Trust Industry against its appropriate index benchmark (ALSI) over the period 1988 to 2003. A few funds exhibited extraordinary persistence - either in out-performing or under-performing. In general it...

Private Equity is rapidly growing as an asset class for investors in South Africa. Local and international literature presents overwhelming evidence to suggest that Private Equity offers superior risk-adjusted returns and portfolio diversification benefits.This study addresses the question of...

This study examines the impact of South Africa's national soccer, rugby and cricket teams' performances in international matches on returns on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Match results constitute a mood proxy variable hypothesised to affect stock returns through its influence on...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the relative out- or underperformance of a value portfolio versus a growth portfolio can be anticipated in advance by comparing a valuation difference multiple with the subsequent fiveyear relative performance of the value and growth portfolios....

The main aim of this study was to determine the effect of unanticipated information, or noise, on the returns of cap-weighted portfolios in various segments of the JSE for the period 1995 to 2014. According to Fuller, Han and Tung (2012), all investors in a segment would gain maximum alpha from...