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Impact of mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector of the Nairobi Securities Exchange - an event study approach
(Strathmore University, 2015-11-30)
This paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions in the financial services firms listed on the NSE on shareholder wealth in Kenya during the period 2000-20015. With the use of event study methodology, we reject ...
Underpricing of initial public offerings at the Nairobi Securities Exchange between 1994 and 2014
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
Under pricing of initial Public Offerings is characterized by the closing price being higher than the offer price on the first day of trading. Research carried out in different financial markets has generated varied results ...
Dividend yield strategy in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
This study aims to test the viability of dividend yield investing as an alternative investment strategy to exploit observed overreactions in the• market. The study adopts the Dogs of the Dow investment strategy that entails ...
The effect of an IPO on the share performance of industry rivals - an event study analysis of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The research project analyzes the impact an Initial Public Offering has on the share performance of industry rivals. Access to funds is one of the key processes of firms and an IPO is one of the channels that firms seeking ...
Stock market overreaction and the size effect - evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
Investors have traditionally been viewed as economically rational individuals who make decisions based on all available information. More recent studies propose that investors are irrational and systematically overreact ...
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 ...
Analysis of the post earnings announcement drift in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)
This paper is an event study concerning the market anomaly, Post-earnings-announcement drift (PEAD) in the Nairobi Securities Exchange from 2008 to 2014. The PEAD theorizes that a stock's cumulative abnormal returns tend ...
Recursive modelling in predicting excess returns - case of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)
The aim of this study was to test the applicability of a recursive modelling approach in modelling stock market returns in the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The dependent variable was the Nairobi Securities Exchange All ...