Karpagavalli Rajagopal

Determinants of Share Price, Stock Market Volatility and Efficiency: Analytical Approach on Select Banking Companies' Specified and Non-specified Shares Karpagavalli Rajagopal

This substantially enlarged new edition of a well-established book aims at making its readers well-equipped with theories,concepts and techniques which can be applied to various levels of investment decision making. Consistent with this objective, the author have taken an analytical approach while dwelling on the subject matter. With an overall objective of doing creative investment management,taking sound investment decisions and maximizing wealth - is the focus of the book. SALIENT FEATURES ? To identify the significant determinants of Share Price of 'A' group and 'B' Group shares of the select banks and to examine its relationship with various explanatory variables ? To measure the volatility of stock return relative to market return and the riskiness of the select securities. ? To investigate whether prices of stocks in Bombay Stock Exchange follow a Random Walk Process (i.e. weak form of efficiency) as required by the market efficiency theory.