scholarly journals STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE AND THE AUGMENTATION OF FRONTIER ECONOMIES: A Comparative Scrutiny of Nigeria & Mauritius

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edesiri Godsday Okoro
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Market Capitalization ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
Fail Safe

<p><em>This paper provides a comparative analysis on stock market performance and augmentation of frontier economies: Nigeria and Mauritius. Using a Paired-Samples T-test statistical modus-operandi, data of Market Capitalization and Gross Domestic Product were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and Annual Financial Services Commission Statistical Bulletin of Mauritius during 2006-2010. The findings revealed that stock market performance for Mauritius was superior to Nigeria and same for GDP. In addition, the negativity shows that stock market performance has a negative impact on economic progress in Nigeria and Mauritius. This may be due to the fact that frontier markets give attention to money market while relegating stock market to the background. </em><em>On this note, since stock market contributes significantly to economic growth, efforts by both governments should be that of developing policies aimed at further strengthening stock market. These policies should not be ‘written-policies’ but policies that can be put into practice. Also, market capitalization can be stimulated by encouraging investments in stock market. This can be done by ensuring investors are fail-safe of their investments. When investors perceive a safety of their investment, they may want to commit their resources and in turn make the economy to flourish.</em></p>

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-RECESSION STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE IN THE BALTIC STATES

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Irina Pilvere ◽  
Aija Pilvere-Javorska ◽  
Baiba Rivza
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Market Capitalization ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
The Baltic

Stock market is alternative place to bank lending for company’s finance and contributor to economic development. Baltic States is market, which traditionally is perceived as one, however it is comprised of 3 separate stock markets. Research aim was to conduct comparative analysis of stock market development performance post-recession in the Baltic States.. In order to perform analysis, number of listed companies, their market capitalization and structure in Baltic States were analyzed and also compared to main economic indicators structure in 2008-2018 6 months. The main research methods are: analysis, synthesis, the logical construction method, the induction and deduction methods, as well as time series analysis. Authors have determined main stock market performance indicators and compared stock market indicators structure with Baltic region’s economic structure. Research results indicates that number of listed companies had increased only in Estonia, also market capitalization there had experienced their value to more than double in analyzed period. In Lithuania number of companies had declined, while market capitalization the growth was slower when compared to in Estonia, while more linear. In turn, stock market capitalization and number of listed companies in Latvia were declining in 2008-2018 6 months. Overall number of listed companies in Baltic States was decreasing, while their market capitalization is increasing, but still is only 60% of value it was in pre-recession year 2007. In Estonia and in Lithuania average listed companies are larger in size, when compared to in Latvia. Size of average listed companies on stock market in Estonia and in Lithuania more than doubled in size, while in Latvia it showed insignificant growth. Stock market indicators’ structure had insignificant deviations from the main economic indicator structure in 2008, while in 6 months 2018 dynamics in Latvia stock market parameters had dropped in the structure among all 3 Baltic States. Overall, in Latvia stock market is lagging behind, when compared to one in Estonia and in Lithuania in analyzed period, thus all 3 Baltic States has had asymmetrical recovery and development speed post-recession.

scholarly journals Corporate governance and market cap destruction: A predictive model

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-665
Author(s):  
Hugh Grove ◽  
Maclyn Clouse
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Market Capitalization ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
The U.S

By focusing on specific board variables, both company performance and stock market performance have been investigated and a more comprehensive corporate governance approach has been advocated to help improve such performances (Larcker et al. 2007 and Grove et. al. 2011). In this paper, we extend such analyses by investigating a relationship between such corporate governance variables and market capitalization. We specifically integrate corporate governance variables into a predictive model for market capitalization (cap) destruction, using the example of the largest six (“Big 6”) gold mining companies publicly-listed in the U.S.

scholarly journals Ownership structure and stock market performance of acquiring firms: The case of French mergers

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 188-200
Author(s):  
Ferihane Zaraa Boubaker
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Acquiring Firms ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the short- and long-term relationship between the shareholder structure (family, institutional, managerial ownership) and stock market performance of acquiring firms. To explore this issue, we use a sample of 84 acquisitions undertaken by French firms operating in the real estate and financial sectors over the period 2008-2012. To compute short-term stock performance we used the standard event study methodology while we estimated the CAR and BHAR to study long horizon up to 36 months. The results show a curvilinear relationship between the manager’s ownership and stock market performance. We provide evidence that increasing managerial ownership up to 16% has a negative impact on a firm performance after which it becomes positive. Moreover, the separation between ownership and control does not seem to affect the performance of initiators firms due to a lack of significance of the coefficients suggesting the absence of expropriation of minority shareholders. Finally, examining the links between the shareholding nature and performance shows that family and institutional shareholders have a positive influence on performance. Our research tried to fill the gap in the existing literature by studying concurrently the impact of ownership structure variables on the short as on the long post-merger performance.

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