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The effect of environmental performance on stock returns: a study of South African stock markets
(Strathmore University, 2017)
Changes in climate change have brought about new strategies in investing. This is further reiterated with the creation of sustainability indices which are able to capture the performance of stocks with a strong sustainable ...
Capital structure and stock returns - evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-24)
Capital structure and stock return are important aspects in financial management. This study examines how debt ratios move in relation with movement in stock prices for listed firms in Kenya. The Fama-Macbeth regression ...
The effect of inflation on stock returns and affirmation of the Fisherian hypotheses
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)
This study basically studies the long-run relationships as well as the dynamic interactions between inflation and stock returns in Kenya. Monthly data from the Nairobi Stock Exchange index and the Consumer Price Index is ...
Impact of currency risk premium on stock returns
(Strathmore University, 2017)
African markets are riddled with occurrences that make it quite difficult to understand the investing environment, especially with the stock markets. Foreign and local investors hence demand greater compensation for unknown ...
The Co - movement of Stock and Bond Returns - a comparison between the U.S and U.K.
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-27)
Stocks and bonds are the most invested assets in the world. This paper analyzes these two assets in terms of how their returns comove in the U.K. and U.S. Using annual stock and bond returns for the past 27 years (1985-20 ...
An empirical analysis of the predictability of stock returns using the Price Earnings Ratio and the Price - to - book Ratio - a case study of the Nairobi Stock Exchannge
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The purpose of this study is to establish whether the Return Performance of the Stocks listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange is predictable using the Price Earnings Ratio and the Price-to-Book Ratio. The two multiples have ...
Stock returns and trading volumes - the case of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)
This study examines the causal and contemporaneous relationship between stock returns and trading volumes at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The study makes use of panel data from 44 NSE-listed stocks over the period ...
Macroeconomic factors and the predictability of stock returns in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)
The stock market is an anchor to the financial l sector, providing a platform for user s and suppliers of financial instruments for investment purposes in the stocks of companies. In a well-functioning market investors ...