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Shareholder distribution choices for industrial companies listed on the JSE : share buybacks versus dividends
Bester, P. G. - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Repurchasing of shares by South African companies were legalised on 1 July 1999.This introduced an alternative to dividends for distributing cash to shareholders.Although dividends and share repurchases realise the same value in a perfect efficientmarket, the inefficiencies of...
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Evidence of volatility clustering on the FTSE/JSE top 40 index
Louw, Jan Paul - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report investigated whether evidence of volatility clustering exists on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index. The presence of volatility clustering has practical implications relating to market decisions as well as the accurate measurement and reliable forecasting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442059
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An event study to investigate the impact of BEE announcements on share price
Fairbairn, Roslyn Deidre - 2009
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This event study examines the effect that Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) announcements have on a companies' share price. The average mean return model is applied to study a sample of companies from the Financial Mail Top 200 Empowerment Companies list, 2007. The mean price...
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The efficiency of African stock markets : a comparative analysis
Mlambo, Chipo - 2006
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates whether any exploitable pauems exist in a sample of tenAfrican stock markets that could lead to abnonnal gains. Southern Africa isrepresented by Botswana, Namibia. Mauritius and Zimbabwe, East Africa by Kenya,West Africa by Ghana and the BRVM, and North...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442072
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South African Security Market imperfections
Jooste, Dirk - 2006
In recent times many theories have surfaced posing challenging threats to the Efficient Market Hypothesis. We are entering an exciting era of financial economics fueled by the urge to have a better understanding of the intricate workings of financial markets. Many studies are emerging that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442175
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The association between inflation-adjusted accounting income and the behaviour of share prices
Gevers, Willem Rudolf - 1992
supplementary current cost income statements. A somewhat larger number of companies make provision for inflation in their financial … share returns as the historic cost variable.The final research design used was the income measurement perspective. It was … found that in general the historic cost income behaved as expected, but the inflation adjustment to income seldom displayed …
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Effect of oil prices on returns to alternative energy investments
Schmitz, Anthony - 2009
oil and alternative energy stocks. Results show that an increase in oil prices and the broad market have a statistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476123
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Europos šalių akcijų rinkų indeksų ir juos įtakojančių makroekonominių veiksnių analizė
Rutė, Evaldas - 2010
. In theoretical part is analysed stocks and stock market indices, relations and impact how macroeconomic factors cause …
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Investicinio portfelio valdymas Baltijos vertybinių popierių rinkoje realiu laiku
Kulvietytė, Audronė - 2011
2008 m. prasidėjęs pasaulio finansų rinkų nuosmukis, prastos Baltijos šalių makroekonominės naujienos ir prognozės, neigiamai paveikė šių šalių finansinių priemonių rinkas. Baltijos šalių investuotojai, pastaruosius kelerius metus džiaugęsi investicijų pelningumu, 2008 ir...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009478496
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Medžiagų ir produkcijos apskaita ir auditas
Strazdienė, Daiva - 2005
Research object: stocks. Research subject: accounting and audit. Research aim: to investigate the main problems of … stocks accounting and audit and to give suggestions that can help to improve stocks accounting and audit. Objectives: 1)To … analyze the peculiarities of stocks and production accounting and audit; 2)To carry out an empirical research of stocks and …
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