If we want to see India as a stronger economy with above 8 percent GDP growth per year, then huge funds are required to push forward the growth rate of the economy. This is possible only when reasonably good activity in the corporate bonds market is ensured. Corporates will not differentiate...

The paper examined the volatility pattern of Shariah compliant stocks in India through January 2007 to July 2014. We calculate returns for each selected Shariah compliant stocks and tested for stationarity and autocorrelation using Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and Q statistics respectively. The...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are generally index-based funds that allow investors to buy or sell exposures to an index through a single financial instrument. ETF units are created and redeemed in-kind, rather than in-cash (as in the case of a unit trust fund). The in-kind creation and redemption...

Nifty BeES is the first Exchange Traded Funds in the Indian Capital Market and its daily returns are compared to benchmark returns. The Researcher found out that Nifty BeES basically overperformd their benchmark while they endorsed their investors with lesser risk than the standard deviation of...

The Shariah compliant stocks are tradable stocks which are adhere the Shariah Investment principles. Shariah investment has been growing gradually in India for the last two decades. This work empirically examined the risk and return behavior of the selected Shariah Compliant Stocks and benchmark...

The present study empirically examines the risk and return of the Nifty Shariah index and Nifty index during the period 2nd January 2007 to 31st December 2010. The sample period is further divided into bull market period and bear market period based on the movement of the both indices during the...

The present study compares the risk and return of the Nifty Shariah index and Nifty index at days, months and quarters wise during the period 2nd January 2007 to 31st December 2010. The raw returns of the both indices are calculated as today price minus yesterday price divided by yesterday...

In India over the past few years, the IT Industry has been growing in leaps and bounds. This has also posed certain Human Resource challenges to the IT employers to retain the ambitious and the transitory workforce in these sectors. This paper attempts to trace out the factors influencing...

The relationships between infrastructure and industrial specialization are important policy issues. Influence of infrastructure on industrial sector’s contribution to gross domestic product in India is discussed in this article. Though industry and infrastructure have exhibited constant growth...

India, a nation of second largest population in the world is well becoming a largest nation in creating entrepreneurs. The creation of entrepreneurs depends upon the Doing Business policies, procedures and regulations. A business-friendly ecosystem is a pre-requisite for the growth and...