The stock market is forward looking; economic indicators and important future events are factored into stock prices. According to the Efficient Market Hypothesis†, markets operate efficiently and stock prices instantly and stock prices instantly reflect all information available. However, inefficiencies in the stock market exist due to the behaviors and expectations of investors. Stock prices m...

BACKGROUND Labour market participation among young adults is essential for their future socioeconomic status and health. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between perceived stress among 20-21 year-olds and their labour market participation 8 years later as well as investigate any potential gender differences. METHODS A cohort of 1640 young adults born in 1983 completed ...

this research studies the application of hybrid algorithms for predicting the prices of crude oil. brent crude oil price data and hybrid intelligent algorithm (time delay neural network, probabilistic neural network, and fuzzy logic) were used to build intelligent decision support systems for predicting crude oil prices. the proposed model was able to predict future crude oil prices from august...

abstract one of the major risks in the agricultural sector is the price fluctuations risk of agricultural products. futures markets for agricultural products as one of the policies and executive approach have a significant impact on reducing price fluctuations of agricultural products. so in this study, in this study the factors affecting farmers likely to participate in the future market for p...

One measure of the health of the Social Security system is the difference between the market value of the trust fund and the present value of benefits accrued to date. How should present values be computed for this calculation in light of future uncertainties? We think it is important to use market value. Since claims on accrued benefits are not currently traded in financial markets, we cannot ...

We use a standard single-agent model to conduct a simple consumption growth accounting exercise. Consumption growth is driven by news about current and expected future returns on the market portfolio. The market portfolio includes financial and human wealth. We impute the residual of consumption growth innovations that cannot be attributed to either news about financial asset returns or future ...

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This study examines the relationship between above-market price (or overpricing), along with various housing attributes, and time on the market (TOM). The study covers nearly 4,000 transactions of marketed domestic units of different living tenures, flat sizes, price ranges, and other physical characteristics in the Hong Kong residential property market. The results show that factors such as th...