This study examines empirically the Fama and French three factor model of stock returns using Indonesian data over 2003-2006 period. Specifically, it examines the behavior of stock prices, in relation to size (market equity, ME) and book-to-market ratio. The major objective of this study is to...

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) has dominated finance theory for over thirty years; it suggests that the market beta alone is sufficient to explain stock returns. However evidence shows that the cross-section of stock returns cannot be described solely by the one-factor CAPM. Therefore,...

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) has dominated finance theory for over thirty years; it suggests that the market beta alone is sufficient to explain stock returns. However evidence shows that the cross-section of stock returns cannot be described solely by the one-factor CAPM. Therefore,...

Ability to estimate an individual security returns is very important and needed by investors. Therefore the presence of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) which can be used to estimate the return of a security is considered very important in the field of finance. However, Fama and French showed...

This study aims to analyze and test empirically the influence of corporate financial performance against systematic risk on stocks. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the financial performance did not significantly affect the systematic risk of the...