Random forest based feature selection of macroeconomic variables for stock market prediction

KO Nti, A Adekoya, B Weyori - American Journal of Applied …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
A firm's equity price on the stock-market is reported to be closely related to the
Macroeconomic Variable (MVs) of the country in which the firm trades. For this reason …

Efficient market hypothesis in the presence of market imperfections: Evidence from selected stock markets in Africa

I Kelikume, E Olaniyi, FA Iyohab - International Journal of Management …, 2020 - econstor.eu
This paper investigated the weak axiom of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) as it
applies to fifteen (15) leading stock markets in Africa. There are currently over twenty-nine …

Day of the week effect and stock market volatility in Ghana and Nairobi stock exchanges

JM Gbeda, JA Peprah - Journal of Economics and Finance, 2018 - Springer
We examine Day-of-the-Week Effect anomaly and volatility in returns on Ghana Stock
Exchange (GSE) and Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) using daily closing price indices from …

Investigating financial statement fraud in Ghana using Beneish M-Score: A case of listed companies on the Ghana stock exchange (GSE)

M Adu-Gyamfi - Available at SSRN 3627689, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
This quantitative research was conducted to detect the possibility of earnings manipulation
by listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange, determine which company size …

Intra-Industry Information Transfers and Firm Value: Evidence From Ghana's Banking Industry

I Quaye, A Sarbah, JB Nyamaah, M Aidoo… - SAGE …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is to estimate the economic value of intra-industry information
transfers within Ghana's banking industry due to the collapse of seven banks. This is a short …

[PDF][PDF] The applicability of the efficient market hypothesis in emerging markets

D El-Diftar - The Arab Journal of Administration, 2024 - aja.journals.ekb.eg
The efficient market hypothesis is highly controversial and often its validity is disputed. So,
this research aims to explore the legitimacy of the efficient market hypothesis in nine …

Earnings Announcement and Stock Prices of Quoted Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic

IB Fasola, O Paseda - The Journal of Developing Areas, 2023 - muse.jhu.edu
The study examined the effectiveness of the signaling theory and the efficient market
hypothesis in Nigeria during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic which has been an …

[PDF][PDF] Testing the random walk theory in the Nigerian stock market

CCM Ajekwe, A Ibiamke, HA Haruna - Social Sciences, 2017 - academia.edu
This study tests the random walk theory in the Nigerian stock market by analyzing whether
stock returns follow a random walk distribution. The study employs the daily returns of the …

Stock prices and macroeconomic information in Ghana: speed of adjustment and bi-causality analysis

IC Queku, S Gyedu, E Carsamer - International Journal of Emerging …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate the causal relationships and speed of
adjustment of stock prices to changes in macroeconomic information (MEI) in Ghana from …

[PDF][PDF] Testing the weak form of efficient market hypothesis: Empirical evidence in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

R Dias, P Heliodoro, P Alexandre, R Silva - LIMEN 2020, 2020 - limen-conference.com
The COVID-19 outbreak caused several concerns all over the world. On January 30, 2020,
the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global health emergency. This outbreak …