the present study aimed at investigating the existence of long memory properties in ten emerging stock markets across the globe. when return series exhibit long memory, it indicates that observed returns are not independent over time. if returns are not independent, past returns can help predict future returns, thereby violating the market efficiency hypothesis. it poses a serious challenge to ...

This paper examines the transmission of equity returns and volatility among Asian equity markets and investigates the differences that exist in this regard between the developed and emerging markets. Three developed markets (Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore) and six emerging markets (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand) are included in the analysis. A multivariate gen...

The opinions expressed are those of the BlackRock Investment Instititute as of August 2011, and may change as subsequent conditions vary. } The emerging markets (EMs) have provided major investment opportunities over the last decade—whether in the equity, fixed income or currency spaces. } The global growth landscape and investment opportunity set have changed significantly in recent years, but...

Although December’s US rate hike has removed one source of uncertainty for emerging markets investors, 2016 started on a sour note, with 2 January 2016 making history as one of the worst first trading days on record for many markets around the world. Chinese onshore exchanges were hard-hit by weak Chinese manufacturing data and further renminbi depreciation. Sharp declines on the Shanghai and S...

E merging markets are now attracting significant interest among IT professionals and researchers. These markets represent twothirds of the world’s population, generate over 20 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, and are restructuring themselves to foster further growth and socioeconomic development. Furthermore, increased investments in science and technology research and development...

dividend policy has long been an issue of interest in the financial literature. to date, a number of studies published on agency costs and dividend policy but most of them are on developed markets, it is well known that the emerging markets are quite different from developed markets in all respects. so, the existing published evidence is of limited relevance in identifying the influence of agen...