The aim of this paper is twofold. It is first to evaluate the comparative performance of ten MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries according to GDP growth and stock market return indicators using the non-parametric stochastic dominance approach. We will then use a multivariate vector...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the behavior of international equity returns and correlations using the discrete-time Markov-switching model and the impact of this behavior on international portfolio choices. We take the perspective of a US-based global investor who considers investment...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the behavior of the time varying volatility in eleven MENA countries' stock market using a three-state Markov regime-switching model over the period from October 30, 2006 to October 21, 2011. We find that MENA stock market volatility can be...

This paper investigates the potential portfolio diversification benefits through introducing commodities to international Islamic stock portfolios through the period 2016-2020. Different types of asset investment strategies such as equally weighted portfolios (1/N), risk-parity, reward-to-risk...

Purpose This paper aims at examining the co-movement dependent regime and causality relationships between conventional and Islamic returns for emerging, frontier and developed markets from November 2008 to August 2020. Design/methodology/approach First, the authors used the Markov-switching...