Serial correlations in the trading volume of the US stock market are investigated in this paper. The use of the detrended fluctuation analysis implemented within a rolling window indicated that, for the period 1929–2011, the strength of correlations exhibits important temporal variations with a trend shift by the 1990s, and 4-year and 21-year cycles. These empirical findings are compared to tho...

This paper reproduces the performance of a geometric average Spot Energy Index by investing only in a subset of stocks from the Dow Jones Composite Average, the FTSE 100 and Bovespa Composite indexes, and in two pools that include only energy-sector stocks from the US and the UK respectively. Daily data are used and the index-tracking problem for passive investment is addressed with two evoluti...

Article history: This paper tests for beta-convergence and sigma-convergence in the corporate governancemodels, using a samAccepted 12 July 2012 ple of corporate governance ratings for 198 European corporations listed on the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index. A piecewise linear regression is deployed to select amodel and the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator JEL classification: is also applied...

the successful key of trading in the forex market is the selection of correct exchange in proper time based on an exact prediction of future exchange rate. foreign exchange rates are affected by many correlated economic, political and even psychological factors. therefore, in order to achieve a profitable trade these factors should be considered. the application of intelligent techniques for fo...

Purpose This rich descriptive study examines auditors' client risk assessment (i.e. “key audit matters”/critical matters) disclosures in expanded reports of 328 Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 350 companies. The compares auditor-identified risks with corporate identified committee reports, terms number and type risks. research also variation between individual Big 4 firms. In addition, th...