This paper aims to analyze the print media coverage of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to trace the changes in investor positive and negative market attentions and their impact on stock market returns. We access the daily and weekly coverage of CPEC by national and international...

This paper aims to measure the positive (Expectations) and negative (Fears) investor sentiment about the ongoing economic conditions and analyze both sentiments for changes in stock market returns. Following the method proposed by Da et al. (2014), this study estimates the investor’s economic...

Irregular behavior of stock market affects all sectors of economy however, financial sector is the most vulnerable sector. The study attempts to examine the impact of stock market returns volatility on performance of banking sector in Pakistan. Two main hypotheses are constructed to achieve the...

The ongoing hype of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a game-changer for the economy of Pakistan has induced a lot of expectations among all the countrymen. In this paper, we have tried to investigate whether the CPEC driven economic expectations reflect in stock market returns. We, use...