We examine the relationship between Islamic and conventional stock market returns to see if Islamic financial markets provide portfolio diversification benefits and safe havens during turbulent times. Using daily data from January 1996 through September 2020 we consider conventional emerging...

Behavioral theories suggest that overconfident investors overestimate the quality of their information and underestimate risk. They have a high demand for risky assets and require a lower risk premium, causing asset prices to rise and leading to overvaluation. We investigate how overconfidence...

This study researches the impacts of foreign portfolio flows (proxied by foreign investors' retention share) and monetary policy responses (proxied by the repurchase interest rate) on Turkey's stock market index taking the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration. A volatility index, credit default...