Heat waves or Meteor showers: Empirical evidence from the stock markets

In order to study the volatility spillovers / the transfer of volatilities from spot and futures markets for the period 1st January 2001 to 30th November 2005 with high frequency data i.e., one minute intervals, we have used GARCH models to compute volatilities and VAR models for the returns of different markets and for the volatilities. It is evident that, these VAR models for the volatilities can exhibit the nature of the change in volatility. In a heat wave, the conditional variance of the returns in spot (futures) market depends only upon the past shocks in the given market. For meteor showers, the impact of shocks on spot (futures) markets are transferred from other i.e., futures (spot) markets. With the VAR (1)-GARCH (1,1) analysis, we found that both series are I(1) and that a bi-directional relationship exists between the spot and future market return series. Empirically it is evident that both heat waves and meteor showers exist in Indian spot and futures markets.Volatility Spillovers, Heat Waves, Meteor Showers, Indian Stock Market.

Are stock exchanges integrated in the world? - A critical Analysis

In the recent rapid reforms made the global into a global village in nature and in terms of efficiency, transparency. The information flow in one market may affect the other markets in the world, because of its integration. In this regard, this paper explores the objective whether there is any integration of markets taken place or not. For reaching the objective, we have used rigorous time series techniques for the equal period of data (1st January, 2001 to 30th April, 2009) of 17 stock exchanges in the world, which includes Asia, Europe, north America, Latin America etc.,. Our findings are markets within the region are well integrated both in terms of short run and long run equilibrium, because of its less cross-country restrictions. Many of the markets are showing granger causal relations between each other.Stock Markets, Cointegration, Economic Reforms

An evidence of speculation in Indian commodity markets

Recent price surge in commodity markets has stipulate intensity of various factors which lead price volatility. There are multi-factors such as traditional supply and demand factors, excess global liquidity i.e., monetary inflows in commodity markets and financialization i.e., financial investors (portfolio investment and speculation) attitude. This paper is an attempt to investigate for the evidence and its impact of speculation on volatility of commodity prices in Indian commodity markets. Overall, results show that speculation has played decisive role in the price bubble during the global crisis

Are stock exchanges integrated in the world? - A critical Analysis

In the recent rapid reforms made the global into a global village in nature and in terms of efficiency, transparency. The information flow in one market may affect the other markets in the world, because of its integration. In this regard, this paper explores the objective whether there is any integration of markets taken place or not. For reaching the objective, we have used rigorous time series techniques for the equal period of data (1st January, 2001 to 30th April, 2009) of 17 stock exchanges in the world, which includes Asia, Europe, north America, Latin America etc.,. Our findings are markets within the region are well integrated both in terms of short run and long run equilibrium, because of its less cross-country restrictions. Many of the markets are showing granger causal relations between each other

Are stock exchanges integrated in the world? - A critical Analysis

In the recent rapid reforms made the global into a global village in nature and in terms of efficiency, transparency. The information flow in one market may affect the other markets in the world, because of its integration. In this regard, this paper explores the objective whether there is any integration of markets taken place or not. For reaching the objective, we have used rigorous time series techniques for the equal period of data (1st January, 2001 to 30th April, 2009) of 17 stock exchanges in the world, which includes Asia, Europe, north America, Latin America etc.,. Our findings are markets within the region are well integrated both in terms of short run and long run equilibrium, because of its less cross-country restrictions. Many of the markets are showing granger causal relations between each other

Measurement of Efficiency of Banks in India

In modern world, performance of banking is more important to stable the economy. In order to see the efficiency of Indian banks we have used four indicators i.e, profitability, productivity, asset quality and financial management for all banks include public, private and foreign banks in India for the period 1999-2000 to 2002-2003. For measuring the efficiency of banks we have adopted DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and found that public sector banks are more efficient than other banks operating in India

Measurement of Efficiency of Banks in India

In modern world, performance of banking is more important to stable the economy. In order to see the efficiency of Indian banks we have used four indicators i.e, profitability, productivity, asset quality and financial management for all banks include public, private and foreign banks in India for the period 1999-2000 to 2002-2003. For measuring the efficiency of banks we have adopted DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and found that public sector banks are more efficient than other banks operating in India